I have a couple freeloader friends, but it's okay. I know they're gonna come in with their arms flying in the air empty-handed.

Well I went to New Orleans to cover the jazz festival for Trio, it's this new arts channel, it's really great.

Don't leave a piece of jewelry at his house so you can go back and get it later; he may be with his real girlfriend.

Sometimes losing a pet is more painful than losing a human because in the case of the pet, you were not pretending to love it.

I think it's good for a person to spend time alone. It gives them an opportunity to discover who they are and to figure out why they are always alone.

I choose to do unattractive people, because then I can pretend they think they're attractive.

I have always wanted a bunny and I'll always have a rabbit the rest of my life.

although it has been said that idle hands are the devil's workshop, when it comes to teenagers, both idle and active hands are the devil's workshop.

I like crafts that come out of poverty or necessity. There used to be hobby shops where you'd get your supplies, and then you'd use your imagination.

Don't answer the door in a wedding dress and veil, he might not think you're joking.

You know when you watch old movies, it's always the small parts you remember, the character actors who come in like a breath of fresh air.

Just because I'm not forever by your side doesn't mean that's not precisely where I want to be.

I think I have a pretty good take on popular culture that maybe makes up for the fact that I'm not a sound-bite politician for the nightly news.

Sadness isn't a natural response.

Of course, long-distance running has to do with the fact that we're hunters.

I grew up to have my father's looks, my father's speech patterns, my father's posture, my father's opinions, and my mother's contempt for my father.

Animals have been reduced to objects for production, and their lives are designed around our needs and desires.

Young drivers are supposed to be hard on equipment. That's how you learn.

Giving me a a new idea is like handing a cretin a gun, but I do thank you anyhow, bang bang.

When I started studying tenor saxophone as a kid in Belfast, I did so with a guy named George Cassidy, who was also a big inspiration.

I do not believe we can repair the basic fabric of society until people who are willing to work have work. Work organizes life. It gives structure and discipline to life.