The world is bigger than all the parts. That's the important thing, and one thing can throw everything off kilter. And you must never let yourself off. You'll let yourself off by mistake. So you shouldn't do it consciously. You have to be above it all and just be very disciplined with it. Just be very disciplined with it.

Telling someone with depression to pull themselves together is about as useful as telling someone with cancer to just stop having cancer

Opinions don't affect facts. But facts should affect opinions, and do, if you're rational

When you are dead, you do not know you are dead. It's only painful and difficult for others. The same applies when you are stupid.

Try something. And never be afraid to fail. That failure is useful too. It's just another building block.

I remember the first check I got for 'The Office,' and it made me feel sad. It ruined it. ... Because there was sort of a nobility in poverty.

Do this or you’ll burn in hell.