I try to shut out ideas about why you should do things. Trying to do good architecture and really designing a career? There's some attention to be paid to that, but I don't think it's everything.

I've discovered as I've grown up that life is far more complicated than you think it is when you're a kid. It isn't just a straightforward fairytale.

I drink maple syrup. Then I'm hyper so I just run around like crazy and work it all off.

I'm not an amazing cook, but I can follow a recipe.

I personally think you can have a really rich and full life with no abs. Abs are for wimps.

I have a certain curiosity for life that drives me and propels me forward.

I've been given lots of great advice, in my life. As an actor, just being as honest and as present as you can be.

Running through airports with pounds of luggage - that's a good workout.

I can be quite surprised by what makes me cry, but it's usually spiritual things.

You know when you find a great dress, you've gotta hold on to it.

We were there [ in the newsroom] through the elections [2008] so it was quite a frenzy going on. The other thing I learn is that journalists are very messy.

How you die out in me:down to the lastworn-out knot of breathyou're there, with a splinter of life.

People don’t need you to fix them, they are not broken, just serve them.

They always try to play with our minds. But that won't work with our club. We've got 20 guys without brains.

What is it you most dislike? Stupidity, especially in its nastiest forms of racism and superstition.

Earlier today, President Bush said Kerry will be a tough and hard-charging opponent. That explains why Bush's nickname for Kerry is math.

We do not talk - we bludgeon one another with facts and theories gleaned from cursory readings of newspapers, magazines and digests.

Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already there.

When you own nothing, it's easy to let things go.

Just like credit card companies, or those student loan people. Now there's evil for you.

Never forget that the end of a sermon is the salvation of the people.