I love jokes as much as anyone, but I don't want to hear my snail jokes every day. But I might want to hear a good song every day.

Better the pride that resides as a citizen of the world than a pride that divides when a colorful rag is unfurled

With people too, you constantly think, "If I'm nice to people and treat them well, they'll appreciate it and behave better." They won't, but it's still not a bad way to live.

I think everything I do has Howard Roark [hero of The Fountainhead] in it, you know, as much as anything. The person I write for is Howard Roark.

If I do something weird, play it twice and it's a new part.

Courageous convictions will drag the dream into existence.

And the men who hold high places must be the ones who start to mold a new reality closer to the heart.