I think there is some credibility to the notion that marriage is an institution. It meant something very different hundreds of years ago when it became the norm for people to go off and pair.

I grew up around backstage, and that clinched it for me.

Actually, I was born Adam Zachary Orth. Zak is short for my middle name. I was never called Adam.

Homophobia is manufactured in high schools, so its probably useful to keep in mind that it really does bother people.

Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance.

For you, anything.

You haven't lived till you have laughed and made others laugh.

Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth.

Sometimes when you lose you win, son. Failure is just life's way of preparing you for success.

I think my work is very American because I'm American. But I found that Europeans like uncertainty and doubt.

When you think of Napster, you think of music. But the first thing that struck me was that this was an important case not only for the music industry but for the whole Internet.

Some people in this life really enjoy being sent up and Nicholas Parsons is one of them because he's a sadomasochist.

I'm aware, as a sane person, that I'm not the best-looking guy in the world. I'm aware of it. But when I go into a party, I will walk out with your girlfriend.

Failure to do the good that is within your power is hard to forgive. But mercy and prayer reclaim the negligent.