I am full of the milk of human kindness, damn it. My trouble is that it gets clotted so easily.

I have no intention of watching undersized Englishmen perched on horses with matchstick legs race along courses planned to amuse Nell Gwynn.

Being extra nice to someone can be a form of manipulation--kindness is an exercise of power in its own right.

They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves with contentment.

I wanted to be an artist. I was studying art. I wanted to be a great painter. When I went into the Navy, there wasn't much to draw at sea. So I began writing, and I began reading a lot.

Whenever you're in any acting role you are mortgaging your own character.

My kids remind me every day how much I don't know.

I was a creative player, but I got some bad injuries early on and I decided that if this was a jungle we were playing in then it's better to be a lion than a lamb.

Healthcare is yet to be transformed by technology.

I'm a working-class person, working with class.

Since there are so many idiots out there, you may actually start to think you're crazy. You are not. They are idiots.

Stop thinking about writing as art. Think of it as work. If you’re an artist, whatever you do is going to be art. If you’re not an artist, at least you can do a good day’s work.