I wanted to be a "serious artist." Serious artists didn't tend to be funny. But that didn't get me a lot of attention. And just growing older, you can't help it, you take things less seriously.

Book Everything is Flammable is an odd format though, not quite a diary and not quite a memoir. I was working on it as it was happening. This was gratifying to me.

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

There is no better way to influence children than being their role model.

A Jewish woman had two chickens. One got sick, so the woman made chicken soup out of the other one to help the sick one get well.

There is no past we can bring back by longing for it. There is only an eternal now that builds and creates out of the past something new and better.

Books are seldom useful unless they are also beautiful.

You need a can-do spirit everywhere.

I'm just looking to be in the best movies possible and do the best work possible and try to become a better actor and make better movies.

It's kinda hard to be optimistic, When your homies lying dead on the pavement twisted.

I've picked up a great appetite for pastrami on rye and a nice cream soda. It is fantastic. So I have to be careful or I'm going to just get really fat.