Sometimes I envy religious people for the comfort of believing. It would make everything so much easier.

I think therapy is a rather misguided notion of capitalist societies whereby the self-indulgent examination of one's life supersedes the actual living of said life.

I think that’s what scares me: the randomness of everything. That the people who could be important to you might just pass you by. Or you pass them by.

Are you okay?' she asked me. Of course,' I said. 'Why wouldn't I be okay?' There are lots of reasons why you might not be okay.' There are lots of reasons why anyone might not be okay,' I said.

It wouldn't kill you to get me an iced coffee." "No, but not getting killed doing something is not a very compelling reason to do it.

I hate stand-up comics; I think funny is something you are, not something you desperately try to be in front of a roomful of obnoxious people.

I thought the best thing to do would be nothing, and in that way things couldn’t get any worse.

I felt this awful obligation to be charming or at least have something to say, and the pressure of having to be charming (or merely verbal) incapacitates me.

I only feel like myself when I am alone.

I don't think I could ever work in such a blatantly hierarchical corporate setting. I know that everyone in this world is not equal, but I can't bear environments that make this truth so obvious.

One man’s nonsense is another man’s sense.

Don't try to hurt anyone, you will not succeed because you can hurt only yourself.

Life is biting into a cupcake and finding an eyeball at its center.

I live in two unique worlds, traveling between both with just the opening or closing of my eyes.

We shape our buildings thereafter they shape us.

Being a child at home alone in the summer is a high-risk occupation. If you call your mother at work thirteen times an hour, she can hurt you.

There are still personalities that you bond with or a fighting spirit that you connect with, but as a host you have to stay impartial and root for all of them.

If I can look at a 6-year-old and learn from him, that's life. That's God for me, that's inspiring.

I know I have a responsibility as a role model to children and I try to fulfill that.

I see it happen in uniracial congregations all the time. But people - when they're in mixed company, we speak differently.

You can tell a lot just by looking at it.