An unexpected benefit of my career in biochemistry has been travel.
You're neither unnatural, nor abominable, nor mad; you're as much a part of what people call nature as anyone else.
I think my fascination is less with genre figures than with writers in general.
When I saw 'The Player', I came out with knots in my stomach because it was so true to my experience.
I'll say things that are serious and put them in a joke form so people can enjoy them. We laugh to keep from crying.
Ladies and gentlemen, my mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you, and I thank you!
The Los Angeles riots were not caused by the Rodney King verdict. The Los Angeles riots were caused by rioters.
Humans are the only animals that have children on purpose with the exception of guppies, who like to eat theirs.
He is the best physician who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope.
A woman today is good, or she is bad, according to the way she does a thing - and not because of the thing itself.
I remember my first show was a live TV show in Ireland, and I was just petrified. It was horrific.
I remember feeling that. I couldn't do, nor did I want to do, the kinds of roles I'd been doing.
The U.S. used to be perceived as the moral leader of the world, and we have absolutely lost that.
Every word or concept, clear as it may seem to be, has only a limited range of applicability.
A German is someone who cannot tell a lie without believing it himself.
The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan value and ends is the source of all religious fanaticism.
The number of great museums and nonprofits versus the number of corporate headquarters is incredibly out of whack.
It's a staggering transition for high school students that found they could study five hours a week and make As and Bs.
If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians are going to win.
The best books... are those that tell you what you know already.