In the twenty-first century, the robot will take the place which slave labor occupied in ancient civilization.

Humility is always a good thing. It's always a good thing to be humbled by circumstances so you can then come from a sincere place to try to deal with them.

I am aware of changes gradually taking place in my own designs as part of my thinking on this matter.

In my job, having what they call 'popcorn thinking' is good because it means you can jump from one thing to another. Professionally it's brilliant. Personally I'm all over the place.

Cancun is the only place I've ever visited outside America.

I meditate so I know how to find a peaceful place within to be calm and peaceful.

I know one thing - if I didn't have TV and theatre and radio, the world would be a much more boring place.

Comedy doesn't always have to come from a dark place.

I have a very good sense of tone, and it's possible to talk about very personal things and maintain a level of dignity and even privacy - to go to the place, to talk about it, but not get icky.

In places where people read hardcover books and eat sushi, they're not signing a five-year-old up to tackle another five-year-old.

My grandparents told endless stories about the town they were from. It became an almost mythic place.

I think this year we'll open up 900 gross, we're closing some, so the net count is lower, but the 900 are spread all over the place. Some of the closures are relocations, where you're moving it to another place in the marketplace.

I don't know that I could pick a better place to raise a family than Nashville.

I love to travel, so I visit a lot of places.

The young person isn't certain that love can be real; the middle-aged man is only discovering that it is; and the older person seems so sure of it. I was interested in the way that many of us go through the whole of our lives staying with someone just out of complacency, because leaving isn't easy.

I like to build places online where readers can have productive conversations about books.

Growing up in the place I did I never was aware of any other option but to question everything.

There will be a competition for the memorial. And then it can be developed with trees, with planting. It can become a very beautiful place protected from the streets, because it is below. And it can be something very moving and very private.

I like to improve all the time and never let complacency creep into my system.

I try not to apologize, especially publicly. That's a slippery slope, because I'm a comedian. If you take anything I'm saying too seriously, then you shouldn't be paying attention in the first place. If you find me offensive, don't follow me.