Youre raising a kid and you give it food and shelter and, most importantly, you give it the feeling that its special. I think people react to celebrities like that – I mean, they treat celebrities like children. – David Duchovny
Theres nothing wrong with acknowledging the panoply of lifes rich experience. – David Duchovny
The key is to get to know people and trust them to be who they are. Instead, we trust people to be who we want them to be – and when theyre not, we cry. – David Duchovny
Whenever somebody says they need an angle for their story I always fear that theyve got an idea and they want me to fit into it or they want me to come up with an idea myself or Im supposed to be more revealing than Ive been, and to me it just sounds like something I dont want to do. – David Duchovny
Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are God. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are God. – Christopher Hitchens
The chief misery of the decline of the faculties, and a main cause of the irritability that often goes with it, is evidently the isolation, the lack of customary appreciation and influence, which only the rarest tact and thoughtfulness on the part of others can alleviate. – Charles Horton Cooley