“So there was an assignment to write, you write a page that has no dialogue in it…you show a character trait through action, with no dialogue. I had read this great script by David Mamet, which was Hoffa…and there was a great scene…where Danny DeVito is driving along…and it shows what he’s going through by the method he uses to keep himself awake while driving, which is he lights a cigarette…and he let’s it burn down to his fingers to keep him awake. And it’s just so simple, and perfect, and lovely, and it’s Mr. Pulitzer Prize himself, David Mamet. So I took that page, and I handed it in. And it got a C+…There’s a wonderful thing that if you drop out quick enough, you get your tuition back.”

 [explaining why he’s familiar with the Alvarez Hypothesis] The only reason I know that is because that’s what almost happened in The Paradise Syndrome when Kirk lost his memory and became an Indian god.

“…everything you could ever want or be, you already have and are.”

Tie two birds together. Even though they have four wings they cannot fly.

“This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.”

Mr. Davie: “The Stoics believed the best way to live life was to be a virtuous person.”

Student: “I don’t know if I’m a virtuous person, but I found 15 dollars on the street, and I kept it.”

Chew Bubblegum

Kick ass.

“One who has a why can bear almost any how.”

EXT: ARENA

Ben Hur participates in a chariot race.