Inertia accounts for two-thirds of marriages. But love accounts for the other third.

I never thought I was doing anyone a favour by bringing children into the world. With people as cruel to each other as they are, it's a terrible proposition. The best of lives are sad and tragic. The best of them. My general conclusion is that it's not a nice thing to do. The world doesn't need it. The kid doesn't need it.

Geez, I should stop ruining my life searching for answers I'm never gonna get, and just enjoy it while it lasts.

I hate reality but it's still the best place to get a good steak.

The meaning of life is that nobody knows the meaning of life.

Heaven knows, we all make mistakes. That's life - and chess.

When I started out, I was a television writer, and we wrote a television show that was on live every week. And you didn't have the luxury of coming in and waiting to be inspired. You came in and you had to write. And you wrote, because it was going to be live on the air. So I can do that.