We are all ordinary. We are all boring. We are all spectacular. We are all shy. We are all bold. We are all heroes. We are all helpless. It just depends on the day.

Lust: Which senator once reached for a handkerchief in his pocket and proceeded to wipe his brow with a pair of women's panties?

When you believe in something, fight for it. And when you see injustice, fight harder than you've ever fought before.

there's nothing more intimate in life than simply being understood. And understanding someone else.

She wasn't tracking down her father to learn more about him. She was tracking him down to learn more about herself.

No matter how far we come, our parents are always in us.

So much harm comes into this world when the wrong thing is said. But that's nothing compared to the pain from what goes unsaid.

The past may not hurt you, but it won't challenge you, either.

For me, Superman's greatest contribution has never been the superhero part: it's the Clark Kent part - the idea that any of us, in all our ordinariness, can change the world.

We all live best in our imaginations.

I played Little League for one year. That was it. Then my mother realized I liked books and threatened my father. I owe her forever for that.

And by the way, my belief is that if men were the ones getting pregnant, abortions would be easier to get than food poisoning in Moscow

If I got rid of my demons, I’d lose my angels.

You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six.

I'm trying to capture something more fragile than a regular story. I love what people bring me.

Big government squashes the human spirit

Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids, in fact it's cold as hell.

For the average person, all problems date to World War II; for the more informed, to World War I; for the genuine historian, to the French Revolution.

So OK, it's your special big Four-O birthday But don't expect me to be obsequious and fawning You, being you, can't possibly be a good example So do try, at least, to serve as a warning

God gives all men all earth to love, but since man's heart is small, ordains for each one spot shall prove belov?d over all.