I always want to be able to be in a room where I know I'm going to be entertained and challenged.

I don't need to know how they make Coca-Cola. I think it tastes just fine not knowing what the ingredients are. I think there are some things that should be kept secret.

But yeah, I played bass guitar in high school and in college and then I actually fractured my thumb, so my bass career went bye-bye.

I didn't want to come up with some generic Johnny Bravo type name. I'm not that cool, so I might as well stick with my birth name.

I'm the quiet bass player.

I think Robitussin is way underrated.

Some people receive medication in order to properly deliver films.

I'm always constantly trying to find stuff that's different. It's a way to keep me on my toes and keep me interested and keep me excited about work.

I've always really been a fan of scenes in which you're able to be as natural as you want.

You learn stuff from your kids, every day.

I did plays in grade school.

I am like a small creature swallowed whole by a monster, she thought, and the monster feels my tiny little movements inside.

The novelist teaches the reader to comprehend the world as a question. There is wisdom and tolerance in that attitude. In a world built on sacrosanct certainties the novel is dead.

All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk.

My heart like moon-charmed waters, all unrest.

If you want to buy a good movie, you'll buy a good movie. If you don't want to buy a good movie, you'll buy a 'Twilight' movie.

How can you live without knowing what your spirit is doing and what your spirit is saying to you?

I submit to you that when in each man the dream of personal greatness dies, democracy loses the real source of its future strength.

Mortal danger is an effective antidote for fixed ideas.

I want them [people] to feel open and comfortable to share the messy, dirty, shameful parts of themselves. Those are the parts I wanna see. And that eating disorders aren't just about "being thin."

She was also an adult, and when adults fight children, adults always win.