I've never gone through an audition process or anything. In most of my decisions like that, I just kind of feel it out: You know, do I feel comfortable with this person?

One thing that I've struggled with has been a certain amount of animosity toward the whole human race.

Humans are social creatures that really crave intimacy.

There's no real reason for me to be so obsessed with trying to understand the true nature of things. You can live a perfectly happy life being utterly confused and not knowing.

I do like talking with friends about big concepts, you know, the stuff that will ruin a party. To me, the party hasn't begun until we're talking about the nonexistence of God.

I tend to [have] a lot of ideas but then just leave them in that infant form and kind of move on.

I'm not really excited about the idea of committing to anything permanently.

I was a regular dork. I was a kid who was scrawny and all that, and probably kind of dumb or something. I wasn't unordinary; I wasn't extraordinary.

My dad and I get into it all the time. He loves to discuss politics much more than I do and we have pretty heated conversations.

I have no ethics when it comes to art. You just do what you can to make it as beautiful as you can.

I suppose, if someone was into baseball for an extended period of time during their formative years, they're always going to be interested in it.

I’m always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up in the morning and see the light.

There is one possession that can never be taken away as long as you will not allow it to be taken, and that is your word.

Do unto the other feller the way he'd like to do unto you, and do it fast.

If I finance a bank and I know if the bank will get in trouble I will be hit and I will lose money, I will put a price on that.

There are thirty-two ways to write a story, and I’ve used every one, but there is only one plot – things are not as they seem.

I have no sponsors because I am not blond, tall and slim enough

To be average is to be as near the bottom as the top.

A man who is well grounded in the testimonies of the Scripture is the bulwark of the Church.

Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance.

When one is in office one has no idea how damnable things can feel to the ordinary rank and file of the public.