I suppose you think I'm very brazen. Or très fou. Or something.' Not at all.' She seemed disappointed. 'Yes, you do. Everybody does. I don't mind. It's useful.

She is pure Alice in Wonderland, and her appearance and demeanor are a nicely judged mix of the Red Queen and a Flamingo.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.

I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.

The wind is us-- it gathers and remembers all our voices, then sends them talking and telling through the leaves and the fields.

Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.

I love New York, even though it isn't mine, the way something has to be, a tree or a street or a house, something, anyway, that belongs to me because I belong to it.

When you've got nowhere to turn, turn on the gas.

Well, I'm about as tall as a shotgun, and just as noisy.

A man who doesn't dream is like a man who doesn't sweat. He stores up a lot of poison.

Life is given for increase

The space program needs a goal, and the goal should be humans to Mars.

Actually, I never work in movies for money. I'm glad when I get well-paid, but it's not always the case - trust me.

Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing, peace is the measure.

It would be great to be super-human, to give the fans just what they want.

If you become more concerned for the welfare of others, you will experience a sense of calm, inner-strength, and self confidence.

The essential question is not, however, how love began, but whether it is growing.

I usually spend the hiatus of 'Dexter' in New York in a way to balance things.

I think the worst way to go is to have somebody think they speak for God. If you look at history, every nation that has operated as if it spoke for God has become violently destructive.

Lean on principles, one day they'll end up giving way.