It seemed to me that every adult did something terrible sooner or later. And every child, I thought, sooner or later becomes an adult.

Anyone who gives you a cinnamon roll fresh out of the oven is a friend for life.

Miracles are like meatballs, because nobody can exactly agree on what they are made of, where they come from, or how often they should appear.

Temper tantrums, however fun they may be to throw, rarely solve whatever problem is causing them.

I didn't realize this was a sad occasion.

They didn't understand it, but like so many unfortunate events in life, just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so.

Love can change a person the way a parent can change a baby - awkwardly, and often with a great deal of mess.

Chestnuts in stuffing tastes like someone chewed up a tree branch and then French-kissed it into your mouth.

The thing with your heart's desire is that your heart doesn't even know what it desires until it turns up.

Accidents happen all the time.

Morning is an important time of day, because how you spend your morning can often tell you what kind of day you are going to have.

The power of imagination makes us infinite.

As I understand it, a universe is a ... well, a totality. A universe is everything that is, as far as the inside of the thing.

The Beatles did treat me as a member of the group. And that was a great honor, you know?

I loved playing a dramatic role. There's a side of me a lot of people don't know, and when I do dramatic roles, it just all comes out.

A woman will sometimes forgive the man who tries to seduce her, but never the man who misses an opportunity when offered.

My work is largely concerned with relations between seeing and knowing, seeing and saying, seeing and believing.

I've basically made a career out of my imagination. I feel very lucky.

Leadership is not bullying and leadership is not aggression. Leadership is the expectation that you can use your voice for good. That you can make the world a better place.

Am I the only one who secretly hopes that the Curiosity rover will be swallowed up by a giant alien worm living just below Mars's surface?

I have no guitar technique.