When I arrived at Columbia, I gave up acting and became interested in all things French. French poetry, French history, French literature.

Even today, in our progressive times, in most movies that come out, the men have to have biceps and the women have to be thin or something.

My dad never blew anything up, but he probably had friends who did. He and my mom have always preached that the pen is mightier than a Molotov cocktail.

It's less about what you do and more about who you are doing it with.

Media used to be one way. Everyone else in the world just had to listen. Now the internet is allowing what used to be a monologue to become a dialogue. I think that's healthy.

If you're going to put yourself above everybody else, you might end up alone.

The Sun is such a lonely star. Whenever he comes out to see his friends, they all disappear.

The most valiant thing you can do as an artist is inspire someone else to be creative.

If you know which way the current is going, you can use it to your advantage.

The Internet is allowing us to get back to what's really more natural, which is that storytelling is a shared thing. It's our natural way to be communal.

When I was Younger, I wanted to be something.Now, I just want to be younger.

Continuing to do stand-up is always a challenge because the audiences and the environments in which you work very often differ.

Nothing is more seductive for a man than his freedom of conscience, but nothing is a greater cause of suffering.

We are a nation of politicians, concerned about the outmost defenses only of freedom. It is our children's children who may perchance be really free.

The primary purpose of education is not to teach you to earn your bread, but to make every mouthful sweeter.

Should we all confess our sins to one another we would all laugh at one another for our lack of originality

If a shadow is a two-dimensional projection of the three-dimensional world, then the three-dimensional world as we know it is the projection of the four-dimensional Universe.

I don't think there's such a thing as autobiographical fiction. If I say it happened, it happened, even if only in my mind.

I get speeding ticket like everybody else. If the restaurant is full I'm waiting in line like everybody else.

You can journey to the ends of the earth in search of success, but if you’re lucky, you will discover happiness in your own backyard.

Yet this my comfort: when your words are done, My woes end likewise with the evening sun.