Dinosaurs did not walk with humans. The evolutionary record says different. They gambled.

I've heard lots of people lie to themselves but they never fool anyone.

She looked down again and I was stymied. I sat. Oh, this was enough to make me love her, because I was right with her, understanding every second and longing to step in. I didn’t even need to know the specific that was troubling her, because to me her halting voice easily stood for the general woe that hangs in the air, even on life’s happiest days.

I just respected comedians whether they were or they weren't, from, you know, new or old.

You cannot make your opportunities concur with the opportunities of people whose incomes are ten times greater than yours.

It's very hard sometimes when you can't crack something or can't solve something and you keep trying and trying and you know it's falling a little bit short. That's very hard, but then when you finally do it, it's very rewarding and the process is good too, I like working with people this way.

I cringe at backstory. Because it never quite explains or gets into some psychological thing that is never quite right and never quite the truth and who knows why someone is someway.