In a nutshell, I am not unaware of my failings. Neither am I a stranger to irony.

Better my right hand should have been cut off. Go know I was setting in motion events that would lead to the ruin of one of the few truly good men I ever met.

Bad days my memory functions no better than an out-of-focus kaleidoscope, but other days me recall is painfully perfect.

But the truth is, nothing delights me more than a biography of one of the truly great that proves he or she was an absolute shit.

And what if Miriam and I were never to be reconciled?

Knowledge never grows old

You take a step, then another. That’s the journey. But to take a step with your eyes open is not a journey at all, it’s a remaking of your own mind.

I'd love to date somebody cool, fun, funny.

Investing in health will produce enormous benefits.

Qualities not regulated run into their opposites. Economy before competence is meanness after it. Therefore economy is for the poor; the rich may dispense with it.

Iran is obviously part of the problem. They sponsor Hezbollah. They encourage a radical brand of Islam.

We need more points of view from women and we need more support for female directors and writers in the industry.

Life is beautiful. Look around. Don't take anything for granted.

Mayor: How horrible our Christmas will be! Jack Skellington: *No.* [the Mayor switches to his upset face] Jack Skellington: How *jolly*! Mayor: Oh. How *jolly* our Christmas will be.

Why is a woman to be treated differently? Woman suffrage will succeed, despite this miserable guerilla opposition.