"In many points in history films and filmmakers have been banned for political reasons- that's how annoying they can be to oppressing systems, how dangerous."

“Surely life has taught you that a thing can be both beautiful and vile.”

“Sometimes I'll say, "When Sandy Bullock and I were doing Speed - the movie, not the drug." Just in case someone's listening.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com

“The billable hours is a classic case of restricted autonomy. I mean, you're working on - I mean, sometimes on these six-minute increments. So you're not focused on doing a good job. You're focused on hitting your numbers. It's one reason why lawyers typically are so unhappy. And I want a world of happy lawyers.”

“Senator, my answer is that the independence and integrity of the Supreme Court requires that nominees before this committee for a position on that court not forecast, give predictions, give hints, about how they might rule in cases that might come before the Supreme Court,.”

“A book is a machine to think with.”

Source : I.A. Richards (2003). “Principles of Literary Criticism”, p.7, Routledge

“The hallmark of addiction is that it changes your brain chemistry. It actually affects that part of your brain that's responsible for judgment.”

“In many ways the book [Saving Calvinism] is trying to argue for a more popular audience things I've said in some more scholarly works, namely, that the Reformed tradition is broader and more variegated than is often reported today, and that we need to recapture something of this in order that we don't end up unnecessarily narrow in our doctrine and in order to keep some perspective.”

“There was a note on my dressing room table that said, Call Neil Young.”