I don't want my body to look like a man's. I just want to tone my body.

Twin Peaks was special because it was so groundbreaking. In the early 90s it really changed television a lot. A bunch of weird shows, like Northern Exposure, came on after that.

In a perfect world, I could be doing some bigger films and balance that with some independent films because they seem to be the most challenging and unique

I was a brat. It was crazy, I was very picky. In other words, I didn't take advantage of what was happening

Bleaching my hair for Two Moon Junction... my hair was fried and I looked like an idiot.

I don't think I could ever do a network sitcom because the humor is often based on some trite circumstance. I don't want to be a part of a show where it's mostly about coming up with the jokes.

Even if your work touches one person, that's an amazing gift.

I think there's an anxiety in life where we automatically tend to look to the next thing or we're complaining about the past. Worrying is not going to make it happen or not happen

Now I know why guys like to hug girls. You guys just want to cop a feel. I can't believe that I've fallen for it all these years!

I'm honest. I say what I feel. I try to be tactful, but I can't not say what I feel. I have a really big problem with that.

I loved working on Of Mice and Men. It was a wonderful group of people. John Malkovich is to me one of the best actors around right now-and a lot of fun to work with.

I consider myself a synthetic thinker in a virtual domain therefore if I’m way off there is no solid foundation or reference for authentic stupidity.

Experience is the one thing you have plenty of when you're too old to get the job.

I rode on a float in one of the parades in Mississippi. It's an experience.

It's true that I have a very healthy ego; anybody who creates does.

Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

If you don't wake up for Fajr, then don't wake up at all

In teaching, the greatest sin is to be boring.

It's a principle of mine to come into the story as late as possible, and to tell it as fast as you can.

My own personal experience has become more first-hand.

Paradise belonged to the innocent. Which was why it was and would ever remain empty. And that is what makes it a paradise.