I liked to think I had written 'scripts' when I was in high school, but looking back at them, they were about thirty pages of wannabe-Mamet dialogue with a staple through them.

The best thing you can give me is your time. The easiest way to get me angry is to waste my time.

Actors want to work. Give them characters they want to play, or a story they want to tell, and hopefully the budget will follow.

For me, modern technology has ruined romance and movies - nobody can run to the airplane gate anymore.

I escaped to New York, and then L.A., but when I dream of home, I still dream of my old house in Holmdel.

We didn't miss it. This is it. C'mon. You wanna go home?

Routine is part of coping.

What do they call it, Y.O.L.A., you only live once? I think people are sort of gravitating towards that.

Make the movie your way. Surround yourself with people who know more than you.

I think when you take forever off the table, it does something really interesting to what you think is important.

I'm from Jersey, so I have a love of T.G.I. Friday's and chain restaurants in general. When you go to a Friday's, it seems like everyone's on ecstasy and way too happy anyway.

Don't take my hate personal. I hate even myself.

To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am.

I feel like any experience you can have which adds to your repertoire of things you've done and can add to your character - I'm willing to try.

I don't care if my jokes are appropriate for a kid.

Boredom soon overcomes me when I am contemplating nature.

I spit upon luxurious pleasures, not for their own sake, but because of the inconveniences that follow them.

By 'expecting nothing' you are not 'giving up.' Far from it! You are making a decision to focus on what needs to be done rather than on outcomes.

Love abounds in all things, excels from the depths to beyond the stars, is lovingly disposed to all things. She has given the king on high the kiss of peace.

Much of my writing has taken the form of a pilgrimage: to sacred places that represent the best of America, to musicians and other artists who represent the best of their art.

By altering our attitudes we can alter our lives.