But as far as the concept of HAL, who HAL was, his character - I had no role in creating him.
He who praises everybody, praises nobody.
It's Marvel's toybox; I'm just glad I'm able to play with the toys and have some impact on what goes on. I didn't create Daredevil, so I'm not about to stand here and say that I'm the only one who gets to play with the toy.
Except for the young or very happy, I can't say I am sorry for anyone who dies.
Let's talk about after-school programs generally. They're supposed to be educational programs, right? And that's what they're supposed to do; they're supposed to help kids who can't - who don't get fed at home, get fed so that they do better at school. Guess what? There's no demonstrable evidence they're actually doing that.
Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.
Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them.
Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded.
As musicians, and as people who sell material for people to hear and absorb, it's important that we use that voice wisely.
None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them.
I like characters who have blind spots and are full of themselves, but there also needs to be vulnerability.
Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.
I was overwhelmed when people started to know who I was.
Why can't there be a lot of great women who are doing great things?
Fame - anyone who says he doesn't like it is crazy.
I don't think they like the idea that the people who are buying the record get to choose what goes out, because it's their job. The fans even pre-ordered stock to make sure that I had some sort of presence.
I'm very happy to say goodbye to the three-button suits. I hate three-button suits. Some people can pull them off, but they're legitimately really, really skinny. Unfortunately, the only people who actually wear them are, like, Mr. Monopoly, and people like that.
A great social success is a pretty girl who plays her cards as carefully as if she were plain.
In my case, I was born to parents who were very young, and I don't think they were entirely ready to have a child. My dad was going to college and working two or three jobs at the same time, and my mum was working and going to school.
People who were close to me - family and friends - they knew about my sexuality.
I have girls who are concerned about how they look compared to models or what have you. It's my responsibility to teach them that beauty is more than superficial.
There are definitely people who are stuck in the '60s and there are definitely people who think I am and it's just not true. I was performing for a long time before the '60s and I'll be doing exciting interesting things for along time to come.
Being biracial is so much a part of who I am that it's almost, 'Let it go already.' It's intrinsic to me. I think a lot of my fans relate to me because they felt different.
Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness.
He hath no leisure who useth it not.
No, I was an unknown when I walked in that room. He didn't know who I was from a fly on the wall.
The English people, a lot of them, would not be able to understand a word of spoken Shakespeare. There are people who do and I'm not denying they exist. But it's a far more philistine country than people think.
We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.
The vast majority of people who watch baseball can properly call 95% of all plays that happen on the field. My job is to teach you how to call the other 5%.
My mum still says the biggest mistake I ever made was not being Benedict Lloyd-Hughes. She's very upset. But the only one who calls me Benedict in real life is my granny.
I think you have to find the humanity in the character and then the deterioration is a part of the process - the journey of the character. It's like playing King Lear. You can start off as a nice old man who finishes up crazy.
She who boasts of lovers soon has none.
A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of movement.
I think when companies are struggling, they don't want to talk to the press. The guys who write business books aren't interested in it because nobody wants to learn what it's like to be a mess, you want to learn how to be successful. That's slanted the whole thing quite a bit.
I always wanted the fairy tale, but now I want someone who is a great partner.
I don't know anyone who would be exclusively working on game music, per se.
