But my middle daughter, Kate, is very involved in martial arts, and I was just at one of her competitions.

I've been taking art classes for a couple of years; I love to draw.

Do you want to resolve a conflict successfully? Don't wait, start a conversation.

Be swift to hear, slow to speak.

I am persuaded that foolish writers and foolish readers are created for each other; and that fortune provides readers as she does mates for ugly women.

Good is the enemy of great.. The vast majority of good companies remain just that - good, but not great.

Men want the same thing from their underwear that they want from women: a little bit of support, and a little bit of freedom.

It seems that we have been born only to consume and to consume, and when we can no longer consume, we have a feeling of frustration, and we suffer from poverty, and we are auto-marginalized.

The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven not man's.

Artists are expected to talk about their work but writers aren't expected to talk about their writing.

There might have been a period around 'Tango & Cash' when I was nearly fashionable. My problem is that my weight's always been changing for the movies I'm in.

Human behavior in the midst of hardship caught my attention very early on, and my first stories were all pictures, no words.