The philosophical spirit is not satisfied to simply accept what it is told, no matter how much prestige the teller seems to have. This is true even if the teller is a god.

I do not bow. I do not obey. I do not worship.

The gods, if they exist, are just the people who happen to live on the other side.

Beauty is the virtue of the body as virtue is the beauty of the soul

Because if I am living an honest life, and my eyes are open, and I'm trying my hardest to be good and kind, then anything I'm doing is fine to tell people.

Writing is a solitary endeavor, being an author is not.

I'm just a guy who happens to work in public from time to time. I've built a reputation as an established comic, not as a celebrity - a celebrity is someone who is famous but doesn't do anything.

We relate all our afflictions more frequently than we do our pleasures.

You cannot base a whole movie on just the imagery alone. It has to be the story and the characters.

Be the most ethical, the most responsible, the most authentic you can be with every breath you take, because you are cutting a path into tomorrow that others will follow.

The macrocosm is in its entirety in the body. The body is in its entirety in the heart. Therefore heart is the summarised form of all the macrocosm.

Among all life forms, there are creatures with charisma and creatures without. It's one of those ineffable qualities we can't quite define, but we all seem to respond similarly to.

Like pregnant women lose their teeth feeding the stranger, junkies lose their yellow fangs feeding the monkey.