They say making laws is like making sausages. You shouldn't watch. It's the same for acting, especially for the actor who works unconsciously.

Raising kids is part joy and part guerrilla warfare.

I like smart, funny, self-deprecating men.

The older I've gotten, the more the need to exert comedy no matter how tragic a character I may be portraying because they are essentials for presenting truth.

A lot of people don't want to feel anti-black by being opposed to Obama.

I have an engagement ring, which is my favorite accessory.

There are genuinely sufficient resources in the world to ensure that no one, nowhere, at no time, should go hungry.

As they used to say 'What if they gave a war and nobody came?' How worthwhile if they declared a day of peace and everybody came.

All capitalists should be like Warren Buffett, and he says he should be taxed more.

I also think that there is a strong streak of racism, and whenever we engage in foreign adventures. Our whole history in regime change has been of people of different color.

My first job was with an auto plant, Kansas City - they treated you like slaves. From there I went back to Chicago, worked in steel mills, drove a cab, stuff like that.

It'll all be over soon, and you can go back to ruling the world." She slid off her stool.... He watched her go. Felt unaccountably lonely. "When did I stop ruling the world?" he called after her.

See how the skilful lover spreads his toils.

I like to feel that I understand little things about sports.

When you absolutely believe in yourself and your ability to succeed, nothing will stop you.

Mom never quit on me. My only regret is that she didn't live long enough to share some of the money and comforts my work in show business has brought me.

Christianity is called the religion of pity.

I was to be buried inside my own creation, the better to keep its secrets. I will not tell you more, for your sake. But if you ask, I will answer.

All one needs to do is declare oneself free and one will immediately feel dependent. If you dare to declare yourself dependent, you feel independent.

We see light, not dark. But it is in the dark that we feel goblins and ghosts.

Pure good soon grows insipid, wants variety and spirit. Pain is a bittersweet, which never surfeits. Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust. Hatred alone is immortal.