I realise that a certain school of thought says that who we are is something we construct for ourselves. We build our self out of what we think we remember.

Most of the time it may seem like I'm staring into nothingness, but there's a whole world playing out in my head.

Oh, yeah, that goatee is really unattractive. That definitely belongs on a much fatter man.

I believe in keeping guns out of our inner cities, and that our leaders must say so in the face of the gun manufacturer's lobby.

The unemployment numbers are down to the lowest in 25 years.... The principle credit goes to Janet Reno, who continued to appoint special prosecutors.

Pursuing employment or climatic relief, we live in voluntary exile from our extended families and our longer past, but in an involuntary exile from ourselves and our own past.

Religion of our conception, thus imperfect, is always subject to a process of evolution and re-interpretation.

I tend to lean toward strong female stories. I want to make things that don't already exist out there.

If we were never depressed we should not be alive; it is the nature of a crystal never to be depressed.

The older you get, the more you realize it's not what happens, but how you deal with it.

I think ultimately a fan is a fan and you can't put new things on the fans mind if you don't have an audience.