Teaching prejudice to a child is itself a form of bullying. You've got to be taught to hate.

I begin to feel like most Americans don't understand the First Amendment, don't understand the idea of freedom of speech, and don't understand that it's the responsibility of the citizen to speak out.

A lot of first novels are written long before they're actually put down on paper.

Life is made up of challenges that cannot be solved but only accepted.

Because of the rush of human knowledge, because of the digital revolution, I have a voice, and I do not need to scream.

Socrates told us, "the unexamined life is not worth living." I think he's calling for curiosity, more than knowledge. In every human society at all times and at all levels, the curious are at the leading edge.

It is hard enough to be good at all, but to be good in comedy speaks for your character.