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.

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.

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.

Life without kids is like a camera without film.

You can't pick and choose which types of freedom you want to defend. You must defend all of it or be against all of it.

Perception number one, how you want people to think about you when you arrive and perception number two, how you want them to talk about you once you have left.

No one would ever say that someone with a broken arm or a broken leg is less than a whole person, but people say that or imply that all the time about people with mental illness.

The squeaky wheel gets the grease but the quacking duck gets shot.

When I do public speaking, I ask the audience, "Who has a family member, a neighbor, a friend with some form of disability?" Every single hand goes up. We're all connected.

Supernatural was great because my character changed so much from beginning to end, always keeping me on my toes.

I always prided myself on the fact that I could live out of milk crates forever. It was kind of my way of detaching from materialism.

I really believe things happen as they're supposed to and in the time that they're supposed to.

I have never retired - I have averaged 40 working weeks a year since 1933.