I have been looking forward to this age of my life for a long time. In my twenties, I marked the days on the calendar - I was sick of playing high-school kids.

I wouldn't go back on my old days, though; everybody needs to have their wild years. It's just a question of when and I'd rather have had them early than be doing it as a mid-life crisis type thing.

Can someone explain the vitriol whenever Ayn Rand comes up? 'Atlas' is the greatest motivator for the individual that I can imagine.

Sampling, statisticians have told us, is a much more effective way of getting a good census.

I was sick of playing high-school kids. I liked being a teenager, but I would not go back for all the tea in China.

The '80s were about trying to establish myself as an actor with a career. And being a teenager enjoying the fruits of being successful with lots of what I think is appropriate for that age.

Be funny whenever possible, even if some people don't get it.

We always reminisce about how everyone tried to get Diane Lane's attention, to very little success.

Sobriety was the greatest gift I ever gave myself.

People have a responsibility, especially with today's media, to read between the lines.

Fake confidence on the outside often trumps truthful turmoil on the inside.

If one Godfather offers you an opportunity and another Godfather offers you an advantage, go with the former.

You can't stand for Jesus without a Christ-like spirit.

Whining about your own, others', or the world's failings is a main element in what we usually call neurosis.

Part of the power of the Internet is that information flows out there and it's generally not censored and it's generally not controlled by any single authority.

When the Holy Spirit takes over your life, He'll drive every sickness out of your body; He'll make right everything that was wrong.

Sometimes I’ve even wished there was a human pause button, where you could choose some point in your life where you could stay always.

A woman said to me when she first sat down, You're photographing the wrong side of my face. I said, Oh, is there one?

Every man has a train of thought on which he rides when he is alone.

People who are wise, good, smart, skillful, or hardworking don't need politics, they have jobs.

We can choose to throw stones, to stumble on them, to climb over them, or to build with them.