I wanted to produce Nancy LaMott's albums, so I created my own record company.

I have a musical called Goodbye and Good Luck, based on a Grace Paley short story. I also have King Island Christmas, and there are 20 different productions of it this year.

I have long held that there are two fundamental views of children: That they are pets who can talk, or that they are small people who do not yet know very much. The wrong one is winning.

My first career was as a coach and a teacher.

As time goes by, I realize that I do trust the wind. And I often write my songs for myself.

Corn ethanol can help in the short term, but it has serious limitations, and none of this is going to work if we don't dramatically improve the efficiency of our cars and trucks.

I would never forbid you. I can’t forbid you. It’s not in my power to, and it never should be.

Absence is the enemy of love and the friend of friendship.

I look at my pictures, and I think, 'Well, how did I do that?

I know that Philadelphians hate New York actors passing off New York accents as Philadelphian when they are quite different.

A baseball field must be the most beautiful thing in the world. It's so honest and precise. And we play on it. Every star gets humbled. Every mediocre player has a great moment.

A child miseducated is a child lost.

The virtual world is not the enemy. The pioneers invented a world they believed in, but the followers must follow that world whether they believe in it or not.

Peoples of Egypt , you will be told that I have come to destroy your religion. Do not believe it! Reply that I have come to restore your rights!

I've got to love the souls of people. Because I can't love every incarnation. To love their souls, I have to identify with my own soul.

I think that when I did the Methods Of Mayhem record, some of the hip-hop stuff probably freaked a lot of Motley Crue fans out.