I find in L.A. that you ask people how they're doing, and the IMMEDIATE ANSWER is, 'Oh, I'm very busy,' as if busy is the GOAL.

There's no PRESENT. There's only the IMMEDIATE FUTURE and the recent PAST.

All actors know that the REAL ADRENALINE rush is in doing theatre. There is an immediate CONNECT, and a role in a PLAY, for an actor, is the biggest TEMPTATION.

MUSIC can inspire IMMEDIATE EMOTIONAL reactions, even if the only PERSON who hears it is the person creating it.

I LOVE doing the radio, and it's different every day. But stand-up is just you and the immediate REACTION of the AUDIENCE. So I love both.

Just TRY to do the right thing, and that's immediate karma: 'I FEEL GOOD about myself.'

If you're not in my immediate circle, you're not SOMEONE whose OPINION I VALUE.

CNBC really did dominate. Could I have STAYED there and continued doing what I was doing? Yes. I had been there for seven YEARS and I was looking for an opportunity to help me GROW in immediate TERMS.

PEOPLE GO into debt when they judge it BENEFICIAL to borrow money against their future earnings. Few can afford to buy a HOUSE outright, but many consider it worthwhile to take out a loan, which they will service and pay off over time, for the immediate PRIVILEGE of living and investing in a house.

There is a serious, IMMEDIATE and extraordinarily grave threat to the continued EXISTENCE of this COUNTRY.

Maturity is ACHIEVED when a person postpones IMMEDIATE pleasures for long-term VALUES.