I deliberately fly in and out of LA for as small a time as humanly possible.

I race historic muscle cars back in Australia, and that's my hobby. And I try to race home as soon as I've finished a movie but don't tell anyone.

I look my best when I take my helmet off after a long motorcycle ride. I have a glow and a bit of helmet hair.

Over my lifetime, the car had actually transcended the fact that it is a car. It has become a venue.

I'm always one time zone behind myself.

You have to be proactive about your destiny and then realize that the other half of it is completely out of your control. I think it's fascinating.

I am attracted to characters who think they are in control, but their situation is uncontrollable.

It's always bitterly disappointing to people to see how normally one can live.

I've always been a bit of a car freak.

I'm spending all my time and energy on the project at hand.

I didn't study Greek mythology in school and I wish I had.

If the town were a black hole, I was the helpless star being sucked into oblivion. It was an oblivion I craved.

Nicole can do anything that involves a ball and whistle.

My father always said that government is like watching another man piss in your boot. Someone feels better but it certainly isn't you.

I'm good at being by myself. I guess if you're a writer you get used to that.

Building a habit of reading leads to all sorts of reading.

I like live audiences, with real people - virtual reality is no substitute.

Existence itself is nothing if not an amazement. Good poems restore amazement.

Even if I make a fool of myself, it's better to have tried.

In true democracy every man and woman is taught to think for himself or herself.

If you can laugh together, you can work together.