I'm about as healthy as a person can be. I quit smoking seven or eight years ago.

I've always done things the hard way. I was born like a piece of tangled yarn. The job is trying to untangle it, and I'll probably go on doing it for the rest of my life.

Eventually you love people - friends or lovers - because of their flaws.

I've never done anything for money. My first love is things of limited commercial appeal. I could be happy doing Shakespeare for the rest of my life.

I thought, I need to reinvent myself. I want every day of life to be wonderful, fascinating, interesting, creative. And what am I gonna do to make that happen?

If you just work on your upper body, you're not going to be a full-range dancer or performer. You've got to work in all directions as much as you possibly can.

Sometimes I think candor is the only kindness.

Let's just say I decided that while my son is young I don't want to do projects that would take me away for months.

Scripts are kind of a bare bones type of reading material.

I don't necessarily like being defined by my profession.

I just felt like I had to create a life for myself where I was more independent.

If this were an indie movie, we'd start talking about the constellations, " Solomon said, looking up at the stars.

He was deciding whether to cut her throat or love her forever.

We don’t manage time, we manage activities within time

Nights would have been expressionlesshad it not been for the moon.The moon, I say, is a mood.

Attitude is your acceptance of the natural laws, or your rejection of the natural laws.

The Christian is a holy rebel loose in the world with access to the throne of God.

Now: heaven knows, anything goes.

I do not plan my fiction any more than I normally plan woodland walks; I follow the path that seems most promising at any given point, not some itinerary decided before entry.

Our Grub-street biographers watch for the death of a great man like so many undertakers on purpose to make a penny of him.

I learned early in life that laughter is a great way to diffuse and uncomfortable situation, so I began to use that as a tool, throughout my life.