I never grew up thinking, 'One day I will play so and so' because I wasn't expecting to be an actor at all.

For me, a play is a form of writing which isn't complete until it is interpreted by actors. But it's still a form of writing. And so most of my time is spent thinking about how to write a sentence.

It's obviously a characteristic of human beings that we like to feel superior to others, but our problem is we are not superior

Who says one instance of writing has anything in common with another instance?

Even with my wife, I find sharing soup is hard.

I have been vain since birth.

Sleep: a poor substitute for caffeine!

I spend most of my time thinking about things like laundry and buying stationery supplies.

I'm not proud to be me, I'm not excited to be me, but I find that I am me, and like most other individuals, I send out little signals; I tell everyone else how everything looks from where I am.

Patriotism is considered to be an emotion a person ought to feel. But why? Why is it nobler to love your own country than to love someone else's?

I was making my living from a joke about my appearance that I didn't understand, and in a way still don't, because when I look in a mirror it doesn't seem funny to me.

You are pitiful, isolated individuals! You are bankrupts. Your role is played out. Go where you belong from now on – into the dustbin of history!

Not to punish evil is equivalent to authorizing it.

The gods do not protect fools. Fools are protected by more capable fools.

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths.

I don't believe I've ever played a hip dude. I don't think I would have the wherewithal to do that.

I'm not interested in just putting out one hit.

I've never sold my publishing. I have 100% control of all of my publishing and that includes everything, every use of my songs.

Find somebody else to run your business on a day-to-day basis.

The power of spiritual knowledge gives you centeredness, which brings out passion in work & dispassion in meditation.

For desired conclusions, we ask ourselves, “Can I believe this?”, but for unpalatable conclusions we ask, “Must I believe this?