Fortunately, I grew up in a family that was grounded. My mother and father knew how to guide my career and look out for my best interests.

I always just wait for the right material to come to me. Many times people ask, "What have you been up To?" Well, I'm here and working. Just not in front of the camera as much as I'd like to be.

As an actor, you always want to find a piece of who you are in every role you take on.

Man's will, sustained by an indominable conviction, is much more powerful than material forces that seem insurmountable.

Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.

The dance goes on forever. So shall I. So shall we.

Good writing is good writing no matter what genre you're writing in, and I believe that there are only a handful of fundamental craft tools that are essential for any genre-including nonfiction.

We cannot distribute more wealth than is created. We cannot in the long run pay labor as a whole more than it produces.

Democrats and Republicans alike support our military personnel.

The best investment with the least risk and the greatest dividend is giving.

The easy part of being an artist is figuring out the message that everyone else is ready to hear. The hard part is waiting for the proper lull to make the announcement.

I find intelligence sexy. I find a sense of humor sexy. I find sensitivity sexy.

Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good become the slaves of the wicked; might makes right; fear silences the power of the law.