Drug addicts, when they are in their addiction, are selfish.

People don't tune in to watch network executives' decisions. They don't tune in to watch writers' decisions. They tune in to watch people that they like.

There's an obvious romance to being the drinking writer. But if I'm drinking, I'm not writing.

The fact of having been born is a bad augury for immortality.

Substance of your belief has nothing to do with the size of the book you use or how often you open it.

I’ve got more faith in my shotgun than any man, that’s for sure.

Forgiveness is what makes adults different to children: children just forget, adults forgive.

Yellow leaves hang on your tree of life. The messengers of death are waiting. You are going to travel far away. Have you any provisions for the journey?

The desire to belong is partly a desire to lose oneself.

I knew from a young age that I wanted to perform. I went to an arts camp called Brookdale Arts Camp, in New Jersey, from the time I was 6, and then I was a counselor there through high school.

Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go; the sooner the better.

I hope she misses the cut. She doesn't belong here.

I really have no preference between TV and film. I think that each individual project is its own thing and has a very different style.