"Reason forbade me many things which, Instinctively, my nature was attracted to; And a perpetual loss I feel if, knowing, I believe a falsehood or deny the truth."

“We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.”

“A funny person is funny only for so long, but a wit can sit down and go on being spellbinding forever. One is not meant to laugh. One stays quiet and marvels. Spontaneously witty talk is without question the most fascinating entertainment there is.”

“So, then, there abide these three, Aristotle, Longinus, and Coleridge.”

Source : George Saintsbury, Foreword By Mohit K. Ray (2004). “History Of English Criticism”, p.350, Atlantic Publishers & Dist

“When you write, you write out of your best self. Everything else drops away.”

“I would like to tell our American, British and Spanish friends that the Iraqi crisis is not a problem between the United States and France, but between those who want to move forward in the logic of war and the international community.”

“It is even harder to realize that this present universe has evolved from an unspeakably unfamiliar early condition, and faces a future extinction of endless cold or intolerable heat. The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it seems pointless.”

Source : The First Three Minutes epilogue (1977)

“Humans are suspicious and jealous creatures. When they see something perfect, they want to find a flaw.”

“Comedy people are always present because they're always looking for the funniest version of whatever the line is. Sometimes theater people, where scripts are sacrosanct, aren't quite as present in scenes. That's a massive generalization, but in my experience, I find that comedy people are great to improvise with and to do scenes with because they're there.”