I was caught in a private cycle of sadness and the only conceivable relief I could find was in the telling.

The elegance and the quality - the talent is always in the literature. I start with the word and I base everything on that. It doesn't make any difference to me.

I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.

Abortion does not compute with my philosophy.

An Edward Povey hangs in my living room and every day I am reminded of his originality, his beauty, and the eternal promise of his craft.

Execution as punishment is barbaric and unnecessary.

It's not refreshing where there is confusion or any kind of discomfort in a group that has to work that closely together.

Over the course of my career, which is about 40 years, I've visited plenty of prisons and I know what they're like.

I've done a lot of television in life, and I don't remember the last time that I felt so consistently happy [working with Jenji Kohan].

Of course, the young male demographic has always been the target demographic for 'Star Trek,' the men ageing fifteen to about twenty-five or thirty, a very tough market to appeal to.

We are talking about someone who has lived. It must be honored in every respect. The fictional can take any kind of channel - according to the actor's marriage to the character.

Tears never were worth the effort of crying them.

Around people I don't know, I'm totally at a loss.

I am a vegan out of my love and respect for animals, as well as respect for myself.

All for love, and nothing for reward.

Exhaustion is the shortest way to equality and fraternity.

People have a deep need to be legislators, and the idea of autonomy has become very precious.

Our task is to live our personal communion with Christ with such intensity as to make it contagious.

If you practice gratitude a little, your life will change a little. If you practice gratitude a lot every day, your life will change dramatically and in ways that you can hardly imagine.

The saints were his friends, and blessed him; the monsters were his friends, and guarded him.

Buck Rogers, I believe, is an illegitimate child of Galactica. I only hope Galactica won't turn in its grave.