Not being a poet, I prize truth above beauty.

The names that do the serious damage are the ones we call ourselves. The stereotypes we give ourselves are the ones that matter in the long run, not the ones imposed on us by other people.

Jesus to me is honey in the mouth, music in the ear, a song in the heart.

I remind myself that I don't have the ability to completely manipulate reality to be exactly what I want it to be.

The educated man is a greater nuisance than the uneducated one.

You have to let people express themselves in the way that they need to express themselves. You have to express yourself in any way possible, provided you're prepared to live with the consequences.

I was raised on pop music. Anything classical ran together in a complicated blur.

It would be horrible to be micro-managed! I don't think directors can really micro-manage people. It's just impossible.

Succotash my cocker spaniel, you fudging crevasse-hole dipshiitake!

Obviously being relaxed doesn't mean that you make no effort.

No man can thoroughly master more than one art or science.