The opportunity to decieve others is ever present and often tempting, and each instance of deception casts us onto some of the steepest ethical terrain we ever cross.

Of course, the liar often imagines that he does no harm as long as his lies go undetected.

The various features and aspects of human life, such as longevity, good health, success, happiness, and so forth, which we consider desirable, are all dependent on kindness and a good heart.

I don't like symbolism that hits you over the head. A symbol should not be a cymbal.

I went to a performance of 'The Crucible' at the Guthrie when I was a sophomore in high school, and I knew right away that that's what I wanted to do

What's obvious to you is obvious to you.

Ahimsa is not a matter of mere dietetics: it transcends it.

I always think a day when you never get out of your pajamas is a win.

I opened a restaurant that had nothing but California wines.

To watch King Lear is to approach the recognition that there is indeed no meaning in life, and that there are limits to human understanding.

Sweetest melodies.Are those that are by distance made more sweet.