I hate everything which is not in myself.

Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing.

A modern democracy is a tyranny whose borders are undefined; one discovers how far one can go only by traveling in a straight line until one is stopped.

The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level.

Khomeini has offered us the opportunity to regain our frail religion ... faith in the power of words.

There was that law of life, so cruel and so just, that one must grow or else pay more for remaining the same.

Any war that requires the suspension of reason as a necessity for support is a bad war.

America is a hurricane, and the only people who do not hear the sound are those fortunate if incredibly stupid and smug White Protestants who live in the center, in the serene eye of the big wind.

I was thinking that surgeons had to be the happiest people on earth. To cut people up and get paid for it-that's happiness, I told myself.

Love asks us that we be a little braver than is comfortable, a little more generous, a little more flexible. It means living on the edge more than we care to.

Reaching consensus in a group is often confused with finding the right answer.

Find your own joy within and then greater joy will be added to you.

Fathers. Mothers. With all their caring and attention. They will f--- you up, every time.

A viewer as opposed to a filmmaker might see a film differently. But I'm extremely comfortable with my style.

Weather creates character.

The Word of God is like a lion. You don't have to defend a lion. All you have to do is let the lion loose, and the lion will defend itself.

Poverty must have many satisfactions, else there would not be so many poor people.

There's one thing that I know about myself, I could wash dishes and be happy.

My mom and dad are both in stand-up comedy, so that's where I started, that's where I got everything. My roots are holding the mic.

Don’t initiate! Follow the initiator! Follow the follower.

I came to the flowers; I slept beneath them; this was my leisure.