If Mr. Selwyn calls again, show him up; if I am alive I shall be delighted to see him; and if I am dead he would like to see me.

Touch but a cobweb in Westminster Hall, and the old spider of the law is out upon you with all his vermin at his heels.

If Mr. Selwyn calls again, show him up; if I am alive I shall be delighted to see him; and if I am dead he would like to see me.

I think it is the fact that birds are two-legged, like us, which gives them something of our balance and gesture and makes them nearer to us.

I never wrote music or arranged songs or lyrics when I was under the influence of anything but coffee. That's not gone away.

Martinis are glamorous but also so simple because they only have a few ingredients, and you can really taste the vodka.

Chicago '68 was a relatively small demonstration for its time, but I've talked to millions of people who claim they were there because it felt like we were all there. Everyone from our generation was there and was at Woodstock.

I think it's too easy to recount your unhappy memories when you write about yourself. You bask in your own innocence. You revere your grief. You arrange your angers at their most becoming angles.

Female artists are the perfect example of a creator: They know how to make life and art with their bodies. Life comes from their bodies, so on a very basic level, they have more to write about.

Poetry comes from the highest happiness or the deepest sorrow.

I figured if I played in the no-man's land of intimacy, I would learn to be a performer.

The whole idea of equal justice under law means that you've got to play by the rules. It has nothing to do with the underlying subject matter. You just tell the truth.

I feel like everything comes into your life for a reason. With 'Awake,' I got to do a drama, and with 'Anger Management,' that's my comedy.

A girl child who is even a little bit educated is more conscious of family planning, health care and, in turn, her children's own education.

I keep my diet low in carbohydrates and high in protein.

Most people enjoy the inferiority of their best friends.

Without movie parts I was reduced to freak status. I just couldn't stand it.

My school reports always used to point out that my concentration levels were appalling. I never listened in class because I was always daydreaming about racing. I never thought for a moment about doing anything else. There was no guarantee that I'd make a career in it but I never had any plan B.

If everybody thinks of something, then it will happen. Your mind is part of the universe. It is connected, you can use its energy.

Some argue that recognition of the genocide has become even more problematic now, when the world is at war with terrorism and the United States cannot afford to offend the sensibility of our Turkish ally.

My favorite country to visit is Japan.

Music is my first love and the thing that I feel extremely connected to. I feel like I still have a long way to go within that in terms of being able to perform and write songs. But, yeah, I really hope 'The Possession' opens doors for me to do more acting, because I really enjoyed it.

Maybe all theatre is going to be irrelevant for all time.

Torah is not education, it's transformation.

Once the automobile appeared you could have predicted that it would destroy as many people as it did.

Life is like a ten speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use.

The only nickname I've ever had is Merlin, like the magician. I don't know why.