Writing itself does not know what it looks like while one is doing it, only when it's finished.
Obviously I've gone out of my way in my career to not look good, so it's always nice to, every once in a while, get the opposite going.
I got kicked out in grade school because I staged a riot because I wanted more library time.
I remember we once made bad coffee, but we just brew a new batch.
A nerd can call another nerd a nerd.
Are we Darwinists - where we live and let live? Or are we nurturing as a society? There has to be a standard of living that we decide to support.
Grant me some wild expressions, heavens, or I shall burst.
I remember driving home one evening while they were reviewing the papers on the radio. One of the articles was about me separating from my wife. It's a weird thing to listen to a news report about the break-up of your marriage.
Always arrive in plenty of time so that when you step on the train or sit down in the plane you're relaxed, not hassled.
Choose always the way that seems the best, however rough it may be; custom will soon render it easy and agreeable.
I've tried to always be incredibly overprepared in everything that I've done.
The Stanford prison experiment came out of class exercises in which I encouraged students to understand the dynamics of prison life.
Wine is wonderful stuff. But so many people are put off by the snobbery of it.
If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.
The pension fund faces tremendous pressure in terms of breaking even in future.
'Game of Thrones' is fundamentally based on a Machiavellian, almost Jacobean, idea of power and intrigue.
We are all well placed, said the cat, when she was seated on the bacon.
With pride, there are many curses. With humility, there come many blessings.
If the rise of European colonisation began in 18th century India, then the rallying cry of 'Jai Hind!' also signalled its end in 1947.
It's very important that every movie I do makes money because I want the people that had the faith in me to get their money back.
'Trouble Maker' was a project that worked whenever a song that fit the concept came in.
My role on the planet is to bring the power of sound.
Being at the pinnacle of my career is not to turn up in some multiplex blockbuster.
People have called me everything. Every word in the dictionary I've been called at one point or another.
If someone asks me to play myself, I've got problems. There's more pain involved.
The situation will change with reficar restarting.
You have to support people who want to do weird, different, fun stuff. Otherwise, it'll get very homogenous.
Night hath a thousand eyes.
There are two things that interest me - and they're both power, ultimately. One is not having it and one is abusing it.
You want to be comfortable, but it's also good to stay on your toes, especially in the midst of a long season.