Insanity is not a fit topic for high-school children.

Family is more important than anything.

Anyone hurts my family, I slap them down. A man does for family. That's one of the rules I got from my pa. His rules for being a man.

Racism, Dr. Sam. I worry for my kids about racism. Racism doesn't appear to take holidays or time off. What can I do about this stuff?

These young people are going to change the world.

Kids are important. The most important thing.

My pa maintained that there are three important parts to a man. You got the heart, the brain, and the python.

People have been bred to hate for generations -- eons, maybe. Some fundamental urge. Something implicit in the human condition.

Come meet my dog.""What's the dog's name?""Justice.""Nice touch for a judge. A dog named Justice.

Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad.

They'll want to kill the crazies first. Big fish eat little fish -- always have, always will.

a true piece of writing is a dangerous thing. It can change your life.

[His] leaving had stabbed her heart. This organ was not inclined to forgive her for vulnerability.

Satire is the antidote to Pollyanna and Dr. Pangloss. It focuses our gaze sharply upon the the contrast between things as they are and as they should be.

Our abode in this world is transitory, our life therein is but a loan, our breaths are numbered and our indolence is manifest.

Idealism loses to pragmatism when it comes to winning elections.

San Francisco is a city with the assets of a metropolis without the disadvantages of size and industry.

I felt like I had two fathers. I had my real father and the father in my head.

I have this massive notebook called IDEAS and another one called PERSONAL IDEAS and another one called CRAZY IDEAS.

Before becoming an actor I kind of just wanted to paint and live somewhere and do something low-key and artistic.

It behooves us to avoid archaisms. Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do.