Well there's these things called books.... They are like TV for smart people.

Health food may be good for the conscience but Oreos taste a hell of a lot better.

I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?

The measure of our success will be the condition on which we leave the world for the next generation.

God, I just love baseball.

Problems can become opportunities when the right people come together.

Storytellers broaden our minds: engage, provoke, inspire, and ultimately, connect us.

Never revisit the past, that's dangerous. You know, move on.

I am a cynical optimist. Big opening weekends are like cotton candy. The films you will remember over time are the films that stick in the consciousness of the audience in a good way.

The technology available for film-making now is incredible, but I am a big believer that it's all in the story.

Not taking a risk is a risk. That's how I see it.

The power of ignorance can make a powerful man look powerless

Neither your position in society, nor power, nor dignity, nor selfishness, nor even personal promotion should enslave you

A lot of comedians today have misunderstood the concept of a subversive comedian. If you really want to be subversive, you have to please and offend in equal amounts.

Each species is a masterpiece, a creation assembled with extreme care and genius.

Like good wine, marriage gets better with age - once you learn to keep a cork in it.

This is how psychiatry has functioned-as a kind of property arm of the government, who can put you away if your husband doesn't like you.

I remember that Scott Jacoby was a nice young man.

I like them old and rich.

Steal what works, fix what's broke, fake the rest.

If someone's criticism is completely unfounded on data, then I don't want to hear it. It doesn't hold up to scrutiny.