"Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like aches or wounds, they're more like splits in the skin that won't heal because there's not enough material."

"His was a great sin who first invented consciousness. Let us lose it for a few hours."

"Wisdom principle 57 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 64."

"Do not measure life by the breaths you take, but by the moments that stir your soul. Remember this in moments of decisive trial — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a profound truth that an hour spent in deep contemplation is worth a year of unguided wandering."

"Well, the first time I ran into the term religion, people were asking whether you had any. You know, some people had religion and some people didn't have religion."

"The difference between film and TV is the pace. You don't have the leisure of time in television."

"Positive, healthy, loving relationships in your twenties... I don't know if anyone would disagree with it: I think they're the exception, not the norm. People are either playing house really aggressively because they're scared of what an uncertain time it is, or they're avoiding commitment altogether."