Writing is a matter of finding the appropriate balance of dinosaurs and sodomy

I'm going to move to Theory someday. Everything works there.

This was the ultimate form of ostentation among technology freaks - to have a system so complete and sophisticated that nothing showed; no machines, no wires, no controls.

It's not the principles that kill you in the end. It's the books.

The bureaucrat fell from the sky.

Perfection is death, ' Anastasia said. 'The world is imperfect, but if it weren't, who would love it?

So that, logically, in the brief time allotted to us, we should be as kind to one another as is humanly possible and face the harsh facts of reality without fear or flinching.

The privacy laws are paramount. They come before even common sense...

The best thing to be in a city was anonymous. Failing that, however, notoriety would do.

Books! tis a dull and endless strife:Come, hear the woodland linnet, How sweet his music! on my life, There's more of wisdom in it.

I'm sorry, Gemma. But we can't live in the light all of the time. You have to take whatever light you can hold into the dark with you.

We can't talk about the black community. It's no longer a homogeneous community; it was never a homogeneous community.

I love music. I have a fondness for Chopin, and I very much like his 'Raindrop Prelude.'

Performing with anthrax in the building is not nearly as difficult as performing in a home where you might get stabbed at night.

I try to be as clear as I can be.

A musical is only as good as its director. The same can also be said for the CIA.

The key to understanding the future is one word: sustainability.

When you're young, you kind of take yourself seriously, and you think, like, "People need to see what I can do." And it's so laughable, especially with actors.

Opposing the free flow of goods or people is a bad idea.