All serious conversations gravitate towards philosophy.

The history of the past interests us only in so far as it illuminates the history of the present.

Architecture, of all the arts, is the one which acts the most slowly, but the most surely, on the soul.

Life is a succession of lessons enforced by immediate reward, or, oftener, by immediate chastisement.

Health care and education, in my view, are next up for fundamental software-based transformation.

What people want is their basic needs. So I'm trying to help people ensure their basic need: that means food security, healthcare, education, and job opportunity and a better life.

In every role that I do - whether I'm a teacher, actor or mentor - I do it with total dedication and as much honesty as I feel is required because there's no alternative to honesty and hard work.

I'm ashamed and embarrassed to say that I've read very little of David Foster Wallace's work. It's a huge gap in my education, one of many.