As thoroughly as mankind has killed God, the reader has despatched the author.

This pain is comfort. It is the solace of physicality, like a touch.

Doing nothing was as honourable as any available course of action. Think of Hamlet, think of Job, think of Jesus before Pilate.

I stare out at the real world projected on the windows

His suffering was no more real than he was.

Reality, it seems, is not a flat plane, but has as many veils as an onion has skins.

For someone to be perfect, they must be real, however imperfect they are.

It is a matter of mere coincidence that there is often a real individual who corresponds with a celebrity, signifies them.

You need to bridge the gap between reality and freedom. Drugs are the bridge.

I feel underslept but overjoyed. Nothing feels so good as this.

Is the writer cruel that makes his characters suffer only to bring them to triumph or tragedy in the end?

When I can no longer create anything I'll be done for.

Vanity is a natural object of temptation to a woman.

It never bothered me when people would say, 'You only win championships because you're playing with Shaq.' It bothered me when he said it.

If we take seriously the idea that the stories we want to hear shape the stories we can (and want to, and are allowed to) tell, then the canon emerges as something to examine very carefully.

Being in the movie [School of Rock] was really cool. Sometimes we had to do takes over, but Jack always kept us going. He was fun.

Life on our planet is defined by the health of our ocean.

I like the chance to work on material. Sometimes it helps to not be going into a room cold and to know people.

Television is an isolating experience, sadly enough. I'm sorry to say it. But as good as it ever gets, it's still isolating. You sit in your home and visit with no one.

If you have anything to tell me of importance, for God's sake begin at the end.

You're trying to get a comfort zone with the parents. You want the family to feel comfortable with me in charge of their son.