"Marriage changes everything."

"I'm absolutely not looking for someone who agrees with me about everything or someone who wants to please me by believing what I believe."

"I think art is the only thing that's spiritual in the world. And I refuse to forced to believe in other people's interpretations of God. I don't think anybody should be. No one person can own the copyright to what God means."

"I am drawn to women who are independent and creative, which is problematic because it's a struggle, a competition of careers. There's jealousy."

"When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity."

"I just finished my homework fast, I was bored to death. There wasn't 500 channels so there was a thing for a librarian to teach a kid like me about reading. I started reading early and I read all the time, because I love it."

"I'm talking to you and it's basically a direct communication, whereas if I'm writing a letter to you and you read the letter, there are like 12 extra deconstruction and reconstruction steps in the communication."

"Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer."