It can be argued that the mathematics behind these images [of the orbit diagram for quadratic functions and the Mandelbrot set] is even prettier than the pictures themselves.

Just because you shot Jesse James...don't make you Jesse

When it comes to Jews, you have a two-thousand-year memory, but when it comes to us Palestinians, you have a sixty-year amnesia.

All those poor elves I haven’t set free yet, having to stay over during Christmas because there aren’t enough hats!

I'm clean, I've always been clean.

The destruction of our environment and resources cannot be stemmed unless the growth of the world's population is stemmed and ultimately reduced.

My grand plan is that I can master having a better life by making sure I have a regular flow of songs. Then I can give myself time to tour or celebrate or write a film score.

Poetry is a religion without hope, but its martyrs guarantee the eternal truth of its dogma.

Right motives give pinions to thought, and strength and freedom to speech and action.

There are no liberals behind steering wheels.

My dogs are crazy. They're always getting into some kind of trouble but then again, they're my most loyal friends.