Strictly has been such a gift. It is so much more than I thought it was going to be.
A splendid misery.
Referring to the vice presidency:
'Beasts of the Southern Wild' was one of those films that I felt like I could dismiss because it received so many accolades, but then I watched it and was won over.
One wants to be surprised.
I like vending machines, because snacks are better when they fall.
I love it when you have a lull in the day and you turn on the TV and a random movie is on that you either have never seen or haven't seen in years. Like 'Coming to America' or 'Misery' or 'Moonstruck.'
An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness. No reward coming after the event can compare with the sweet reward that went with it.
The hour of happiness which comes unexpectedly is the happiest.
Happiness is being stuck in an elevator and discovering the ravishing blonde with you is a liquor salesman with a case of samples.
Happiness isn't happiness unless there's a violin-playing goat.
I love it when people say, 'You're nothing like I thought you were going to be' - which always means, 'I like you so much more than I thought I was going to.'
Okay, the experience itself was a pleasant experience.
I love it when you hear a band, and you just go, 'Yes! I never knew it, but that's exactly what I want to hear.'
It sometimes happens that pleasure blows anywhere it damn well chooses.
If you don't expect to like someone and then you do, that's an incredibly exciting moment.
Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.
The finest of pleasures are always the unexpected ones.
I've been doing some Shakespeare acting classes - and I really enjoyed it. I never thought that would be something I would say, but I am.
I only did 'Thor' because it was Kenneth Branagh directing, but I enjoyed it much more than I thought I would.
Fortunately, I read (the books) without knowing what I was in for, and the best thing that can ever happen to a reader happened to me: I loved something that, by conviction (or by my nature) I should not have loved
The good part about being a pessimist is, when something bad happens, you're never really devastated by it. And when something good happens, it's such a bonus.
The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.
My favorite songs of all time are songs that take you on a journey and give you pleasurable moments you weren't expecting.
Whatever professes to benefit by pleasing must please at once. The pleasures of the mind imply something sudden and unexpected; that which elevates must always surprise.
Occasionally, you get a nice surprise when someone covers your song in an extraordinary way.
