There are no exceptions to the rule that everybody likes to be an exception to the rule.

Being Politically Correct means always having to say you're sorry.

It's really an optimistic show. I think most of the people in this country are optimistic, too.

There are no exceptions to the rule that everybody likes to be an exception to the rule.

While some of us may know than others about certain things, it is the thinnest slice of all that is, or could be known. In that sense, we are all profoundly ignorant.

I think the Mormon Tabernacle Choir is as great as it is because it's become it's a labor of love. They love what they do.

Life is beautiful but people are crazy.

Babies are always more trouble than you thought and more wonderful.

I just hate sitting and writing - I had to do that in school. Plus, I have terrible handwriting.

I believe there is true expertise in some endeavors, and not in others. There is obviously no such thing as expertise in predicting the results of coin tosses, but there is expertise in predicting the behavior of lasers.

People's hands fascinate me. It's tempting to look at a businessman's left hand and see if there's an indentation from a missing wedding ring. Or maybe there's a tan line and the skin is pressed down where's he's worked a ring off his finger.

It's unfortunate we've never been just songwriters.

I became hooked on the idea of being able to shoot an image and process it myself, and end up with a product.

I think my parents undoubtedly influenced me on some level.

I'm a wandering gypsy.

I saw myself as an electronic joy rider.

I consider myself more of a loner now and I think when you get older, especially in this game, and just talking with other players who have come and gone, I see what they were saying when I was a young guy in the locker room.

The Mall Of America, outside Minneapolis, is just a mall. Yeah, it's big. So, like, instead of your typical 12 Starbucks, there are 30.

Stability is not immobility.

The lion is an emblem of the dream of absolute power -- and, as a wild rather than a domestic animal, he belongs to a world outside the realm of society and culture.

A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and understand it the first time, then I know it can't be much good.

I'd be lying if I said, 'No,' to wanting a lot of kids.

I am a writer and always was; being a writer is an integral part of my identity. Being published, being well regarded, is a component of that identity.

I went through all my twenties thinking that I wasn't good enough.

Whatever anyone says, I think the opposite will happen.

Most of my time, energy and other resources I use to nurture my projects.

The idea that everyone's opinion is valuable is sometimes up for question.

They say you should never eat before you go to bed, but I've found just having a tiny little snack - like half an apple or something like that - before you go to sleep really helps.

My dad was my best friend. I worshipped him. All of my success in life really comes from him. He believed that you get nothing from negativity.

I don't want to have kids for like 10 years. I still have a lot to do. I don't even know if I could handle a dog right now. I'm so not ready. Someday I'll be a mom but not until I'm in my 30s.

All of us want to be Superman when we grow up, fighting for truth and justice. That's part of what drives me as a writer.

Being a single girl in New York... it's what you should be doing in your twenties!