I see myself as not a typical theater person, but a person who uses the theater as a place to meet people and explore ideas..

I started writing by doing small related things but not the thing itself, circling it and getting closer. I had no idea how to write fiction. So I di….

Above all do not ask that justice be just: It is just, because it is justice. The idea of a just justice could have originated only in the brain of a….

I think for me in terms of this kind of dichotomy you have to hold the sense of negative capability in your mind - which is Keats line about being ab….

My mother's idea of natural childbirth was giving birth without makeup. She was hyper-positive - the world is a wonderful place, rainbows and unicorn….

If you put on an item of clothing that hurts just because you have an idea it looks better or conforms to what other people are wearing, it's dumb..

Each day the sun would rise and set, the flag would be raised and lowered. Each Sunday I would have a date with my dead friend’s girl. I had no idea ….

The English approach to ideas is not to kill them, but to let them die of neglect..

Some people say Bowie is all surface style and second-hand ideas, but that sounds like a definition of pop to me..

I feel connected to that idea of wanting to belong to something, to have a sense of purpose as a man on the planet..

I started doing comedy because that was the only stage that I could find. It was the pure idea of being on stage. That was the only thing that intere….

Christians talk as though goodness was their idea but good behavior doesn't have any religious origin. Our prisons are filled with the devout..

Creativity is a by-product of hard work. If I never have another really new idea, it won't matter..

It's paradoxical, that the idea of living a long life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getting old doesn't appeal to anyone..

The greenhouse crisis is the bill coming due for the Industrial Revolution. It's not an accident. It's the logical outcome of our world view - the id….

Idea that all the beats are wildly liberal and progressive is ridiculous. You have people thinking for themselves and having certain affinities becau….

Clearly the hardest thing for the working artist is to create his own conception and follow it, unafraid of the strictures it imposes, however rigid ….

The torch is a symbol of the Olympic Games, of peace and togetherness. It's a good idea. And this idea is being misused. I believe in the Olympic ide….

To give you an idea how well I was doing at the time I quit, I was the only one who knew I quit..

I do miss the idea of the crew getting together to watch dailies after work. I will usually get selected dailies printed on film especially for the e….

I usually just say I'm a stand-up comedian, but I use looping machines to create ideas with my voice..