For artists, there's a very fine line between delusion and belief.

What unifies every part of my journey is I always lead with my curiosity, obsession, or fascination.

'Write what you know' works, but it's limiting. Write what fascinates you. Write what you can't stop thinking about.

Everyday, it's about building a practice that enables you to try and forget that you're afraid.

All screenwriting books are bullshit, all. Watch movies, read screenplays. Let them be your guide.

Hollywood is a land of self-invention.

Maybe the price of forgetting that even in America, even in New York City, when a man back home is talking, you better listen closely.

Maybe the price of forgetting that even in America, even in New York City, when a man from back home is talking, you better listen closely. (Dark City Lights)

I would also argue... that we are, by inclination and in terms of our history, we are small 'l' liberals, we Canadians.

Freedom is a condition of mind, and the best way to secure it is to breed it.

As an actor myself, the opportunity to sing and dance and be dramatic and be funny - it's really irresistible to actors. You get to show all sides of your talent.

If you are curious, you'll find the puzzles around you. If you are determined, you will solve them.

Kipling, the grandson of a Methodist preacher, reveals the tin-pot evangelist with increasing clarity as youth and its ribaldries pass away and he falls back upon his fundamentals.

My daddy, he was somewhere between God and John Wayne.

Be rightly related to God, find your joy there, and out of you will flow rivers of living water.

Ptah? son of ptooey? What is he god of spitting? i asked

It's so hard when contemplated in advance, and so easy when you do it.

Friends give you a shoulder to cry on. But best friends are ready with a shovel to hurt the person that made you cry.