It is because my dad died suddenly that I became an actor. I thought, I'm going to make money doing this thing I enjoy.

You are absolutely free to describe me as a turtle or something.

I was the youngest child and got a lot more freedom than my brother and sister. I used to wander, doing my own thing under the radar, but I didn't get in bad, bad trouble.

Academia is a rarified culture, especially an Ivy League academic background.

I think that deep down all I have been looking for is to be accepted and liked by as many people as possible.

I like playing weird, kind of shady people.

I learned how to fire a sniper rifle, which I'm sure will be useful at some point.

I get tired of myself pretty fast. So I can't imagine other people don't get tired of me.

Well, you know, when people say stuff about you, it's always really flattering. But does it mean anything to me? It's not really real to me; there's no reality to it.

I don't consider myself a very interesting person. I have the mentality of a supporting actor.

I get tired of myself pretty fast.

This was it, he knew it, was sure of it, this was the door which would take him back—

600Christmas is about giving from the heart more than giving from the store.

The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.

We are in the throes of a transition where every publication has to think of their digital strategy.

Discipline weighs ounces and regret weighs tons

Seattle is a liberal city, its politics not so much blue in the American, not the British, sense as deep ultramarine, and its manners are studiously polite.

Nonviolence is the law of our species as violence is the law of the brute.

Love is an angel disguised as lust.

I had this dream to become a writer since I was a teenager.

The others were only my wives. But you, my dear, will be my widow.