“I do not find it easy to talk to people I don't know.”

“Life is short. People are not easy to know. They're not easy to know, so if you don't tell them how you feel, you're not going to get anywhere, I feel.”

“I find I don't learn a lot while I'm talking”

“How do you know when you're God?" "When I pray to him I find I am talking to myself.”

“It's not easy to find a topic. Talking of home is painful. Talking of the present unbearable.”

“Many people talk as if they have all the answers, whereas I know I don't. That's probably why no one listens to me.”

“i find it easy to admire in trees what depresses me in people”

“Every character I do is based on someone I know. I try to justify every sketch we do. If it's not working, we find someone to talk to who it has happened to.”

“If I live to be a hundred--and I hope I do--I won't have time to read all the books I want to read, or talk to the people I want to know. Not party talk. That's a waste of time. Real talk.”

“I don't know where we should take this company, but I do know that if I start with the right people, ask them the right questions, and engage them in vigorous debate, we will find a way to make this company great.”