Once the toothpaste is out of the tube, it is awfully hard to get it back in.

Bad books on writing tell you to "WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW", a solemn and totally false adage that is the reason there exist so many mediocre novels about English professors contemplating adultery.

Tonight we're going to show you eight silent ways to kill a man.

Rationalism doesn't require "belief," only observation. The real, measurable world doesn't care what you believe.

The worst advice a young writer can get is "Write what you know." Imagination is more important than experience.

All experience is memory, and so everything you write about is from memory-unless you're writing about typing.

A good sign that an army has been around too long is that it starts getting top-heavy with officers.

You cant put the toothpaste back in the tube.

Maybe war is an inevitable product of human nature. Maybe to get rid of war, we have to become something other than human.

There's no such thing as writing about the future. The future hasn't happened yet.

It is pretty well settled that the city is the Negro's great contribution to civilization, for it was in Africa where the first cities grew up.

I'm proud of the U.S.A. We've done some amazing things. To wear our flag in the Olympics is an honor.

No one knew me until I met my wife Lulu. Lulu's mother used to ask, Which one is Maurice? For six months she thought Lulu was dating Barry.

Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.

Any society where it's a crime or a hassle to be different is a society based on psychological fascism.

If I ever get Manziel disease, I want all of you to smack me in the head with your microphones.

Generally speaking I would say I enjoy the smaller films more because there's a less sense of pressure and often the material is more unusual.

If your concentration is getting bad, take up bass fishing. It will really improve your ability to focus. If you aren't ready when that fish hits, you can't set the hook.

I am from the working class. I am now what I was then. No amount of balsamic vinegar and Prada handbags could make me forget what it was like to be poor.

Even as people take pride in their national independence, we know we are becoming more and more interdependent.

You're in bad shape. It looks like you're developing a soul.