I led the life of an intellectual up until a certain age. I remember Freuds Interpretation of Dreams was a big favorite when I was 11. It sounded so interesting. And it really was! – Wallace Shawn
Patriotism is considered to be an emotion a person ought to feel. But why? Why is it nobler to love your own country than to love someone elses? – Wallace Shawn
For some reason, people find me funny. Its quite hard to define why a thought is funny. Its even harder to define why a person would be funny. Its a word that I cant define at all. But whether I know quite what it is or not, I seem to be it. – Wallace Shawn
I dont happen to have a sense of humor personally, so I dont know whats funny about a character… This happens to be a feature of my life generally. – Wallace Shawn
Whatever its origin, a belief in spirits seems to have been common to all the nations of the ancient world who have left us any record of themselves. Ghosts began to walk early, and are walking still, in spite of the shrill cock-crow of wir haben ja aufgeklärt. – James Russell Lowell, “Witchcraft”