"If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it."

“My office has a view of low-cost housing, old East German prefabricated apartment buildings. It isn't an attractive view, but it's very helpful, because it reminds me to ask myself, whenever there is a decision to be made, whether the people who live there can afford our decisions.”

“To divide along the lines of section or caste or creed is un-American.”

“My mum is a school teacher and my dad is an electrician.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“Specificity is the soul of narrative.”

Source : John Hodgman (2017). “Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches”, p.58, Penguin

“If you don't like my movies, don't watch them.”

“Laughter can help relieve tension in even the heaviest of matters.”

“I came to New York in 1962 and it began to look like I might he able to make a living in 1972.”

“One of my favorite things about 'Spring Awakening' is that it is enjoyable and important for both kids and adults to see.”