If we are to know ourselves, philosophy needs to maintain an ongoing dialogue with the sciences of mind.

Metaphysics in philosophy is, of course, supposed to characterize what is real - literally real. The irony is that such a conception of the real depends upon unconscious metaphors.

A life of passion is not an act or a habit but a lifestyle.

I'm a complete hypochondriac. If my heart starts beating a little faster than normal, I think I'm having an attack.

You must purge yourself before finding faults in others.

After 10 years of French torture - psychological torture - it's great to do an American movie.

Music: what life, what living itself sounds like.

We are fifty or a hundred years behind the advanced countries. We must make good this distance in ten years. Either we do it, or they will crush us.

It is natural and harmless in English to use a preposition to end a sentence with.

Singing really oxygenates your blood. You stretch your lungs and take in much more air into them than before. It's really good for your health.

Biologically, physiologically, we are not so different from each other; historically, as narratives - we are each of us unique.

It doesn't look great if you cancel the reigning Best Comedy Program, you know, you're gonna take a hit from a... from sort of a public relations standpoint.