Like Lincoln, I would like to believe the ballot is stronger than the bullet. Then again, he said that before he got shot.

Being a nerd, which is to say going too far and caring too much about a subject, is the best way to make friends I know.

The modern mocha is a bittersweet concoction of imperialism, genocide, invention, and consumerism served with whipped cream on top

My lips are chapped from the winds of change.

While I gave up God a long time ago, I never shook the habit of wanting to believe in something. So I replaced my creed of everlasting life with life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

The whole point of Louis Armstrong is that no one can really figure him out. There was a while where I thought you could try.

History is one war after another with a bunch of murders and natural disasters in between.

What are you hiding? No one ever asks that.

I no longer drink nearly as much as I used to but, still, my motto is Sine coffea nihil sum. Without coffee, I'm nothing.

You know, it's always good to have a synonym just for variety.

The only thing more dangerous than an idea is a belief. And by dangerous I don't mean thought-provoking. I mean: might get people killed.

To leave is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.

I like to hear a storm at night. It is so cosy to snuggle down among the blankets and feel that it can't get at you.

A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.

It is now life and not art that requires the willing suspension of disbelief.

You know who's also joining the Wall Street protesters? Kanye West. That's a real good idea -- a guy with diamonds in his teeth protesting greed.

I'm not locked into playing one guy.

You understand, you do not invent stuff on this team. Guys that invent stuff will not play for me. Make the easy play

My favorite part is just being able to say and do things that you can't do in real life, and behaving in a way that's just not really acceptable, in the real world.

The novelist's ambition is not to do something better than his predecessors but to see what they did not see, say what they did not say.

Wisdom can’t prevent the storm.