"There is no man living who isn't capable of doing more than he thinks he can do."

"Many people think that by hoarding money they are gaining safety for themselves. if money is your ONLY hope for independence, you will never have it. The only real security that a person can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability. Without these qualities, money is practically useless."

"From here on out, there's just reality. I think that's what maturity is: a stoic response to endless reality. But then, what do I know?"

"Sometimes I think all I want to find is a mean guy and make him be nice to me. Or maybe a nice guy who's a little bit mean to me. But they're usually too nice too soon or too mean too long."

"My inner world seems largely to consist of three rotating emotions: embarrassment, rage, and tension. Sometimes I feel excited, but I think that's just positive tension."

"Look,' he said, 'I don't think we should continue this discussion. I don't like this side of you.' 'I'm not a box,' she said 'I don't have sides. This is it. One side fits all. This is it."

"A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right."

"A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason."

"There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in ourselves by reflection and the act of thinking, and those that bolt into the mind of their own accord"

"What I like to write about is stuff I know. I don't think I could write a novel. I don't think I have it in me to come up with those kinds of characters."

"I do think there are some great female comics: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph. They're the whole ball of wax."

"Steve Martin in 'All of Me,' when he did that whole thing where he was possessed by the spirit in his body? It was brilliant."

"I'm hooked on Glenn Close in 'Damages.'"

"Kristin Wiig I think is brilliant."

"I never felt cynical, and I never felt that I couldn't do what I wanted to do."

"I don't have false teeth. Do you think I'd buy teeth like these?"

"I think the reason I was successful is that I was never cynical."

"Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own."

"There weren't any sports figures that I idolized because I didn't really believe in myself back then or think that I could make it here. There were some regular people in my neighborhood that I looked up to growing up but that was it."

"When I step on that basketball court, I'm thinking about basketball, I'm thinking about winning - but there's so much that goes into thought about how I'm going to open this game up to others. It's so much more than just basketball."

"I think going to college for that one year was probable the best thing I have ever done."

"I think everybody has their own unique style."

"I've been at the funerals of a lot of people in my neighborhood. Sometimes when I sit back and relax, I think about that and just blank out."

"Play hard, learn as much as I can and do what I do best. The rest will take care of itself I think."