People think my work is therapeutic. I don't see it that way. It's not like I'm saving money from a weekly therapy visit by writing down my life.

Everyone has a little bit of Howard and Chad in them. I think there's Christine in all men as well.

I think Christine and Chad are on the opposite extremes of the spectrum. Christine is a model victim, and Chad is a model perpetrator, and Howard is closer to the middle.

We live in a disposable society. It's easier to throw things out than to fix them. We even give it a name - we call it recycling.

In a relationship you have to open yourself up.

My best male friend is my best friend until he crosses me. We're all protective of the self.

If we put the camera on ourselves, our friends and neighbors, we'll come up with some scary stuff.

There is a lot of absurdity sometimes, not just in Mormonism but often in other religions that want to pretend that no bad happens in their church, rather than taking care of what bad does happen.

The future is now. It's time to grow up and be strong. Tomorrow may well be too late.

Everybody has the ability to be manipulative, to be hateful and deceitful.

Everyone has a story.

Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.

The thoughts that go through your mind when you find out you have so little time is everything that you need to say to everyone that you love.

The largest known prime number is 2^32582657-1. I am proud to say that I memorized all its digits-in binary.

I love the right words. I think economy and precision of language are important.

I think the embryonic digital world had the same affect on me as the openness of the old American frontier.

You couldn't forget Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Joan Miro either. And it had to be, you know, at least as good or better.

We are stubborn on vision. We are flexible on details.

I find it is happening in different ways to every industry in the world, and positioning yourself for that, and trying to get ahead of that, is a big conversation right now.

Pride is a wound and vanity is the scab on it. One's life picks at the scab to open that wound again and again. Among men it seldom heals and often grows septic.

When December comes, can The Nutcracker be far behind? No, it cant - not in America, anyway.