Sometimes I think that people's characters get forged, at least in part, from their names.

He was a great man. And he was also me.

You want to be in a movie where your part works. That's the main thing. No matter how you beat yourself working on the thing, if it doesn't work, it doesn't work.

Yeah but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could they didn't stop to think if they should.

Don't knock rationalization. Where would we be without it? I don't know anyone who'd get through the day without two or three juicy rationalizations. They're more important than sex. Have you ever gone a week without a rationalization?

Oh yeah, oohing and ahhing, that's how it always starts, but later there's the running and screaming.

I like the idea of being a student, and I play with very good musicians. So playing with them allows me to get better. My aim is to get better, but I really love it for its own sake.