"No faith is our own that we have not arduously won."

“I shall be found with 'Indians' engraved on my brain when I am dead. A fire has been kindled within me, which will never go out.”

Source : Helen Hunt Jackson (1998). “The Indian Reform Letters of Helen Hunt Jackson, 1879-1885”, p.56, University of Oklahoma Press

“Top Chef is a very smooth-running machine. All the people working there are incredibly professional and absolutely at the top of their game.”

“Nerds are just deep, and neurotic, fans. Needy fans. We're all nerds, on one subject or another.”

Source : "‘No, I don’t paint anymore’ – Bookmunch Classic Interview: Jonathan Lethem". Interview with Peter Wild, bookmunch.wordpress.com. July 1, 2004.

“I try to ground most of my characters in reality somehow. That's kind of what I bring to the table.”

“Congratulations to Mexico. They upset Brazil to win a gold medal in men's soccer. And after the Olympics ended, the Mexican soccer team, of course, returned home to their houses here in Los Angeles.”

“Hey, I think comic actors are the best actors.”

“The studio people want me to do "Good-bye Charlie" for the movies, but I'm not going to do it. I don't like the idea of playing a man in a woman's body - you know? It just doesn't seem feminine.”

“It's ok to say I don't know. Realizing this earlier in my career would have put me more at ease.”