I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing.

Mr. Faulkner, of course, is interested in making your mind rather than your flesh creep.

Cheese is milk's leap toward immortality.

When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than there was before.

There are two kinds of writers; the great ones who can give you truths, and the lessor ones, who can only give you themselves.

I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing.

A good memory is one trained to forget the trivial.

There are very few things in the body that nitric oxide doesn't regulate.

Check your ego at the door. The ego can be the great success inhibitor. It can kill opportunities, and it can kill success.

There are very few good examples of effective, nurturing leadership that unlocks people's potential or even enthusiasm.

I've learned that waiting is the most difficult bit, and I want to get used to the feeling, knowing that you're with me, even when you're not by my side.

We are fashioned not by our genes, but by our environment - by the family and socio-historic conditions in which we evolve.

The blackest of fluid is used as an agent to enlighten the world.

The glory of justice and the majesty of law are created not just by the Constitution - nor by the courts - nor by the officers of the law - nor by the lawyers - but by the men and women who constitute our society - who are the protectors of the law as they are themselves protected by the law.

Forgiving isn't something you do for someone else. It's something you do for yourself. It's saying, 'You're not important enough to have a stranglehold on me.' It's saying, 'You don't get to trap me in the past. I am worthy of a future.

Someone needs your actions to inspire his actions. Never forget, your little broken cake is someone's daily meal! Care to share you little cake!

It is hard to think of practical applications of the black hole. Because practical applications are so remote, many people assume we should not be interested. But this quest to understand the world is what defines us as human beings.

I do a lot of vocal hygiene.

If you think it's going to rain, it will.

It was Elvis who really got me hooked on beat music. When I heard "Heartbreak Hotel" I thought, this is it.

'The David Letterman Show' is a show of comedy.

One of the interesting applications of symbolic systems is artificial intelligence, and I spent some time thinking about how to create a brain that operates the way ours does.

On some level, I think we want our reading self to represent our best self.

Character is always my driving force. And to tell a good story and to provide an entertaining read.

My audiences have given me lots of love as a tennis player. I hope they appreciate my passion for acting.

Bonnie and Clyde grew up in absolute poverty. They didn't go to school or have any money; the only way they could figure out how to get ahead was to steal. The banks were foreclosing on everyone's homes. I think a lot of people will be able to relate to that struggle.

I have always had a very natural connection to the water, and that connection stems from the ocean itself.

No one who has experienced facing a screaming, boiling, hysterical audience can avoid feeling shivers in the spine. It's a thin line between celebration and menace.

I was never famous as a kid. That's the biggest difference between me and any other kid actor is that I wasn't famous as a kid.

Whoever is my relative, I will not be nice to them.

We identify New York with the great bridges and tunnels and roadways and subway system and so forth.