...and you drink a little too much and try a little too hard. And you go home to a cold bed and think, 'That was fine'. And your life is a long line of fine.

There's a difference between really loving someone and loving the idea of her.

I don't understand the point of being together if you're not the happiest.

Because isn’t that the point of every relationship: to be known by someone else, to be understood? He gets me. She gets me. Isn’t that the simple magic phrase?

My dad had limitations. That's what my good-hearted mom always told us. He had limitations, but he meant no harm. It was kind of her to say, but he did do harm.

Tampon commercial, detergent commercial, maxi pad commercial, windex commercial - you'd think all women do is clean and bleed.

Love makes you want to be a better man—right, right. But maybe love, real love, also gives you permission to just be the man you are.

Something bad was about to happen. My wife was being clever again.

Can you imagine, finally showing your true self to your spouse, your soul mate, and having him not like you?

We will have a happy marriage if it kills him.

I know, I know, I'm being a girl.

Isn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive--it's such an interesting world

It is grace to be forgiven of sinful acts, and grace to be supplied the heart for righteous ones.

One belongs to New York instantly, one belongs to it as much in five minutes as in five years.

When I’m fighting, my rival becomes like a skeleton to me, without any flesh on him.

When I was a little girl - well, like, a teenager - I wanted to be Sam Jackson. I always wanted to be men.

Swearing is an art form. You can express yourself much more exactly, much more succinctly, with properly used curse words.

I think beauty comes from within. If you're happy and look at life in the best way you can, even when there are problems, it can make you beautiful on the outside.

When I've done somewhat scripted stuff, it feels a little flat. It feels like there's not much life behind it.

We must have recourse to the rules of music when our genius and our ear seem to deny what we are seeking.

You're never going to kill storytelling, because it's built into the human plan. We come with it.