"Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers."

"It contributes greatly towards a man's moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits of companionship with individuals unlike himself, who care little for his pursuits, and whose sphere and abilities he must go out of himself to appreciate."

"We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream it may be so the moment after death."

"Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness."

"I've started looking at my own father a bit funny. He assures me, though, that I really am the son of a Scottish postman."

"In my years of acting, the one thing I was never able to do convincingly was to laugh on camera. Fake-laugh."

"I love the diversity of America. I love the plain, normal sense of humor Americans have. It is not wicked, like in some countries. And I also love how new America is."

"Like almost everyone who uses e-mail, I receive a ton of spam every day. Much of it offers to help me get out of debt or get rich quick. It would be funny if it weren't so exciting."