I do less-fanciful reality. I celebrate the fat, the ugly, the women who can't get guys. I'm not trying to entertain you; I'm trying to make you passionate.

I am grieved that these continuing stories are everyday matters swept away.

I want a documentary to crest by being voted on by 6000 people who are in the business of telling stories.

I'm an instant responder. Somebody told me I'm a living Twitter. I'm quick to respond and quick to fill air.

To me, I read good reviews in lots of papers and bad reviews in lots of papers.

You suffer alone. And rejoice with many.

The way the function dictates the form... elegant lines... nothing extraneous... this shoe perfectly expresses the essence of shoeness.

I’m interested that light has thingness itself, so it’s not something that reveals something about other things you’re looking at, but it becomes a revelation in itself.

My dad was depressed a lot of the time, and there were a lot of things in his life that he never resolved.

The hard part is choosing to change what needs changing.

The author's tribute is heartfelt.

Am I really a good mathematician?

The time has come for people of reason to say: Enough is Enough! Religious faith discourages independent thought, it's divisive and it's dangerous.

The man who tells lies hides the truth, but the man who tells half-lies has forgotten where he put it.

I'm a big fan of community, and I think independence is over-rated.