"The greatest poem is not that which is most skillfully constructed, but that in which there is the most poetry."

"The man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought, and of elevated opinions."

"Truth is so difficult to find that, when one hears it, it shines through."

"Just once, I wish we would encounter an alien menace that wasn't immune to bullets."

"The athlete makes himself, the coach doesn't make the athlete."

"Where did they put pictures, comic strips, and coupons before they invented the refrigerator door?"

"Los Angeles seems endlessly held between these extremes: of light and dark - of surface and depth. Of the promise, in brief, of a meaning always hovering on the edge of significance."

"People are all over the world telling their one dramatic story and how their life has turned into getting over this one event. Now their lives are more about the past than their future."

"If fear alters behavior, you're already defeated."

"Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet."

"Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of witnesses."

"Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking."