Generally speaking, actors are allowed NO input. Actors are dumb.

There is a divine moment in our lives when we all become one. It's called procreation, and it is reborn, continually and forever.

My favorite thing is to be alone in a room with a blank paper in front of me and the time to fill it.

A stage play requires very different craft from a book, fiction or otherwise, and ditto from a screenplay.

It helps to be able to be alone. 'Cuz writing is done alone, unless you collaborate, but I don't do that. Ask my ex-wife.

I am very abnormal... But it wasnt very long ago that I wasnt so abnormal. I was very normal and headed for a lifetime of paying medical bills as proof of my normalcy.

America is terrified of the passage of time. Prozac Nation. Land of Face Lifts.

It is all about marketing; that is where the real craft comes in. The best actors do not necessarily become the biggest stars. And vice versa.

I'm a classic example of what can happen if you follow your inner voice. I was cursed with interests and some talent in many different areas. It confuses people.

Children who cling to parents or who don't want to leave home are stunted in their emotional, psychological growth.

Change is good. And in fact unavoidable.

In the true married relationship, the independence of husband and wife will be equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations reciprocal.

If you don't know how to pronounce a word, say it loud!" (William Strunk) ... Why compound ignorance with inaudibility?

Life is a balance between emotional intelligence quotient (EQ) and intelligence quotient (IQ).

I think that it is impossible to think of a threat to social justice greater than what we are doing to the earth's atmosphere at the moment.

When you believe in what you’re doing, that’s the first thing. And you have to be resilient, because people are going to try to knock you down.

People in Medicaid ought to have access to the same insurance as the rest of the population. If they are segregated, it will be a poor plan for poor people.

Teaching is the rare profession where the customer isn't always right and needs to be told so appropriately.

My life is an indivisible whole, and all my attitudes run into one another; and they all have their rise in my insatiable love for mankind.

I ended up as an American Studies Major but my real interest was architecture.

All craftsmen share a knowledge. They have heldReality down fluttering to a bench.