"In the end, you're measured not by how much you undertake but by what you finally accomplish."

"When somebody challenges you, fight back. Be brutal, be tough."

"If you're interested in 'balancing' work and pleasure, stop trying to balance them. Instead make your work more pleasurable."

"I mean, there's no arguing. There is no anything. There is no beating around the bush. 'You're fired' is a very strong term."

"It is a humble truth that in the arithmetic of human affection, the more you give, the more you retain."

"And I love Mel Brooks. My Dad loved his movies, too, they're awesome, the kind of thing that if you're in for ten minutes, you're in for two hours."

"Now a soft kiss - Aye, by that kiss, I vow an endless bliss."

"You don't want to love - your eternal and abnormal craving is to be loved. You aren't positive, you're negative. You absorb, absorb, as if you must fill yourself up with love, because you've got a shortage somewhere."