"If a plane crashes and 99 people die while 1 survives, it is called a miracle. Should the families of the 99 think so?"

“I love soap operas - the stories, the plots! And I love the game shows and the courtroom dramas and the detectives - Jessica Fletcher, 'Columbo,' 'Perry Mason,' 'L.A. Law.' Any sense of guilt appeals to me in a television program - a sense of guilt, or a sense of making a lot of money.”

“Share prices follow the theorem: hope divided by fear minus greed.”

“What I am telling you, before you begin my story, is this -- two things: I crave truth. And I lie.”

“Compared to a lot of artists, I'm usually quite covered up in videos and photo shoots.”

“If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more wise men reading more good books in more public libraries.”

“Nothing that you do in science is guaranteed to result in benefits for mankind. Any discovery, I believe, is morally neutral and it can be turned either to constructive ends or destructive ends. That's not the fault of science.”

“Housing Works is the coolest thrift store in the world, because not only are they the best thrift store - they're not the most thrifty thrift store - but they have amazing stuff and all of their proceeds go directly to kids, mostly homeless kids, living with AIDS and HIV in New York, in the metropolitan area.”

“I'm constantly exposing myself to art and that inspires me.”