Many kids, it seemed, would find out that their parents were flawed, messed-up people later in life, and I didn't appreciate getting to know it all so strong and early.

My eyelids are my own private cave, he murmured. That I can go to anytime I want.

When the light at Vernon turned green, we stepped into the street and George grabbed my hand and the ghosts of our younger selves crossed with us.

Sherrie would be there, and the last time I’d seen her at a social event she burst into tears when she saw me and ran out of the room. You’re upset, I’d yelled after her, meanly.

It was the kind of conversation you could only hold in whispers.

It took me 25 years for me to realize who I am. Now I'm going to use the next 75 years to focus on how I want to be remembered. One quarter down, three to go!

Love pushes boundaries and crosses every line you weren't meant to cross.

Be the solution, not the problem.

Men, my brothers, men the workers, ever reaping something new.

They wanted me to play third like Brooks so I did play like Brooks - Mel Brooks.

Pat Robertson had decided that global warming was real and we need to do something about it struck me as powerful evidence that the Holy Spirit is hard at work in this question.

If I wanted pity, I got it because I'm illegitimate. And when I didn't want it I was mean and nasty.

The fact that the apes exist and that we can study them is extremely important and makes us reflect on ourselves and our human nature. In that sense alone, you need to protect the apes.

Green are the leaves I leave in Mirkwood.

Sometimes we all need to take time and give thanks.