Our very lives depend on the ethics of strangers, and most of us are always strangers to other people.
I think there's something inherently dishonest in trying to go back and mess with the past.
A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.
Art is always in the eyes of the beholder. Only posterity has the right to point out our mistakes.
When I'm my own editor, there's very little difference between the first draft and the final. I write what feels right to begin with. I rarely make any major changes.
I think jazz and comic books are probably the two uniquely American art forms.
A writer writes. Period. No matter if someone is buying your work or not.
There's a beauty on the inside of you - and it shows on the outside too.
the more we are focused on controlling and changing others, the more unmanageable our life becomes. The more we focus on living our own life, the more we have a life to live, and the more manageable our life will become.
I have to make small adjustments, but I can't change too much. If I'm worrying about that stuff too much then the show isn't as funny.
All front-line combat jobs in the infantry, special operations units and elsewhere are now open to women.