I like Wagner's music better than anybody's. It is so loud that one can talk the whole time without other people hearing what one says.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Always forgive your enemies nothing annoys them so much.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Be yourself; everyone else is taken.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

We stood there for a full half hour, like so many scarecrows, while they jeered at us from a distance, and one or two of us were shot down.

I refuse to believe that gods want to make mortals unhappy and torment them. That's what humans do. And humans are very definitely not divine.

You know, if we’re speaking on a cosmic level, you’re never in a better place than you are in the current moment.

Your vision is not limited by what your eye can see, but by what your mind can imagine.

There's this shop in New York I go to; it has bones and fossils and insects that are like works of art. I have a few on my wall.

I'll be glad to reply to or dodge your questions, depending on what I think will help our election most.

I usually try to check quotes with people just to make sure things work out.

We need time to relax and enjoy ourselves too, no matter how dark the story. The occasional humorous moment helps with that. That's one of the things that Joss Whedon excels at in his storytelling.

Everybody loves to show up at the party once all the hard work is done.

I like to get everything done during the early morning hours and the early part of the day.