Somewhere in the dim recesses of the journalistic soul lies the horrible suspicion: This is really a pretty shallow and maybe unseemly way for a grownup to make a living.

Incoherence is a common hazard for journalists who dabble in ethical judgments.

I want to go to a place where I can go to a football game, take off my shirt, paint my chest and major in beer.

It is one of the paradoxes of journalism: The more servile a reporter is toward his sources, the more authoritative he can appear in print.

Women, churchgoers, and conservative were more likely than men, nonchurch goers, and liberals to disagree with the reductionist (neural) account of human life.

Our expression and our words never coincide, which is why the animals don't understand us.

Hate is not the opposite of love apathy is.

We are one now, little brother, you and I," Sebastian said. "We are one.

Do what you really want to do. That's why God put you on this earth.

Making a film is like going down a mine-once you've started you bid a metaphoricalgoodbye to the daylight and the outside world for the duration.

I found out that there weren't too many limitations, if I did it my way.

I know when things are going to get me a little nervous, because nervous to me feels good.

I just think [Gangster Party Line] is funny and stupid and all the dudes in it are real dudes. It's just a funny construction.

When you tour, you regain the music and the connection with the audience.

I think that my original drive as an entrepreneur was precisely that desire to get away from the image of the shipping magnate's son.