When I first started, I was kind of surprised that anyone would ever hire me at all. So I took everything that I was offered.

The rule of surfing is never tell anyone where you go.

I was a horrible limo driver: I ran out of gas with passengers in the back and I used to get lost on a regular basis.

My mom used to wear the fragrance Poison when I was younger, and I remember that scent and the purple bottle. That was my first [perfume] memory.

You have to fight for what you need to fight for.

Memories are just stories we tell ourselves about our past; and that's often why they don't match when we've shared the same experiences with someone.

I think the moments that are difficult for anybody are when you see what your life could be, if only you had the courage to take the steps needed.

I've never directed anything before 'Mad Men,' so I don't feel I have any advice for the other directors.

My wife tells me I need to learn to be more patient with my son.

The good thing about directing yourself is that you get over yourself.

I'm a little kid at heart, so my eyes light up when everything is lit.

Lawyers were notorious for finding cases in the most unlikely places, especially ones with huge potential damagers awards.

We say of some things that they can't be forgiven, or that we will never forgive ourselves. But we do--we do it all the time.

while modernity is not Christianity, modernity is the product of a Christian civilization. Lately the defects of modernity have been made plain to us while its virtues have been taken for granted.

The Jock Upstart, is what Wellington calls - called me. A man who does not know his allotted place in the scheme of things.

The law locks up both man and woman Who steals the goose from off the common But lets the great felon loose Who steals the common from the goose.

They are surely to be esteemed the bravest spirits who having the clearest sense of both the pains and pleasures of life do not on that account shrink from danger.

Through searching out origins, one becomes a crab. The historian looks backwards, and finally he also believes backwards.

Stars got tangled in her hair whenever she played in the sky.

The brain may die, but my compulsion for useless trivia lives on.

I always thought Johnny Carson was just brilliant, and I used to watch him and all the comics that would be on the show every night - and I'd dream about it being me.