"I think that a lot of us, whether we are religious or not - there are no words to express some things except religious words. For instance, 'soul.'"

“I travelled to California when I was 18 and went to Los Angeles State College.”

“We do have to be a witness to our art.”

Source : "BYT Interviews: David Koechner". Interview with BYT, brightestyoungthings.com. September 22, 2016.

“Vocation is different from talent. One can have vocation and not have talent; one can be called and not know how to go.”

Source : Benjamin Moser (2009). “Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector”, p.79, Oxford University Press

“The prejudice is against men and women - assuming men stay at work. That's the reason why we don't have enough women in the halls of power - the prejudice is pushing women to go home.”

“Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor.”

“As much as I adore Agatha Christie - and I think people make this claim about murder mysteries in general - it's often a very conservative mode of storytelling. Usually it's the greedy, climbing, new-money slimeball who wants to take from the aristocracy.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

“The image of Earth from space transformed our view of ourselves. It is maybe the most important image that exists - because we can see ourselves in context in a way that otherwise would be really hard to explain. It should inspire us to wonder about it, to want to know everything we can about it and do everything we can to take care of it.”

“Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid.”