The artist's job is not to succumb to despair but to find an antidote for the emptiness of existence.

The best an idea gets is when its in your head.

There's nothing good about getting older-absolutely nothing-because the amount of wisdom and experience you gain is negligible compared to what you lose. You do gain a couple of things-you gain a little bittersweet and sour wisdom from your heartbreaks and failures and things-but what you lose is so catastrophic in every way.

Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought-particularly for people who can never remember where they have left things.

Usually, you hire people that you think are wonderful.

What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists? In that case, I definitely overpaid for my carpet.

Comedy just pokes at problems, rarely confronts them squarely. Drama is like a plate of meat and potatoes, comedy is rather the dessert, a bit like meringue.