I seen a pig so big it’d block out the sun.

It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions.

The most important possible thing you can do is do a lot of work.

We're Jews, my family, and Jews break down into two distinct subcultures: book Jews and money Jews. We were money Jews.

Not enough gets said about the importance of abandoning crap.

You can criticize yourself to a point to do something better, or you criticize yourself to a point where you inhibit yourself.

Great stories happen to those who can tell them.

We live in a world where joy and empathy and pleasure are all around us, there for the noticing.

It takes a while. It's gonna take you a while. It's normal to take a while. You just have to fight your way through that.

You'd think that radio was around long enough that someone would have coined a word for staring into space.

It's not a terribly original thing to say, but I love Raymond Carver. For one thing, he's fun to read out loud.

Whenever it comes to doing anything. Remember the part about having confidence.

When they give you things, ask yourself why. When you're grateful to them for giving you the things you should have anyway, ask yourself why.

Magic Johnson is the best player who plays on the ground, and Michael Jordan is the best player who plays in the air.

I think there's a part of me that feels the need to hide a little bit behind a character.

I think it is important to maintain your personality, your roots, very important.

My job is to get people back to work and make tough decisions. I've been willing to do it.

The most ordinary word, when put into place, suddenly acquires brilliance. That is the brilliance with which your images must shine.

You weave the threads and there is the cloth. If the threads are removed, there is no longer cloth. When there are Godly thoughts, there is peace of mind.

There is no abstract Evil; you have to understand that! Its roots are here, all around us, in this herd that goes on chewing and having a good time only an hour after a murder!

Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.