"Fathers are biological necessities, but social accidents."

"It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good."

"Sooner or later I'm going to die, but I'm not going to retire."

"I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don't agree with or like."

"People are more comfortable learning about wine because now they can just Google, you know, 'Soave,' and say, 'Oh, O.K., cool.'"

"It is a timeless truth that an idea is a delicate seed; water it with curiosity and protect it from cynicism — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The movies have got more corporate, they're making fewer movies in general, and those they are making are all $200-$300m tent-pole releases that eat up all the oxygen."

"For me, healthy eating and exercising is something I work on constantly. I'm not the most disciplined dieter. I try to eat a lot of fruit and vegetables but sometimes late at night I tend to have fast-food meals - and that's where I get myself into trouble! So I'm not in the best shape I could be, but I'm still healthy and comfy."