I was talking and playing pranks and skipping school, failing pretty much every class I took.

I'm the luckiest unlucky person.

Not many people have had as much bad luck as I have, but not many people have had as much good luck, either.

It's not the child's responsibility to teach the parent who they are. It's the parent's responsibility to learn who the child is.

I start crying when certain things come up, certain memories, certain feelings, and it's intense. But I think it's good for me - and therapeutic.

Life can very genuinely and realistically pile things on. It doesn't dole out the heartache and pain, or joy, perfectly.

When anything huge happens to me, I always think, this isn't my moment, this is a moment.

I love devastating movies, documentaries and hummingbirds (yes, in that order).

When I couldn't get ahold of cigarettes, I'd roll coffee grounds into typing paper and smoke that and then vomit.

My age makes all my wrinkles and gray hair make sense.

I didn't know whether I'd be attractive to anybody.

Some capitalism suffers from cronyism. All of socialism is perverted by the crony statism of the powerful few.

Control in business is the combination of written and unwritten rules that create an organizational decision framework and staff hierarchy.

My job is to keep my eye on the ball and to stay focused on what can we get done every single day to advance the vision and values that brought me here.

Many a man who might walk over burning ploughshares into heaven stumbles from the path because there is gravel in his shoes.

Some keep the Sabbath going to church, I keep it staying at home, with a bobolink for a chorister, and an orchard for a dome.

True beauty is rare, and seldom recognized by the one who possesses it.

These pearls of thought in Persian gulfs were bred, Each softly lucent as a rounded moon; The diver Omar plucked them from their bed, Fitzgerald strung them on an English thread.

I no longer criticize anyone--not even myself. I only give out positive vibes.

Acting serves as the quintessential social lubricant and a device for protecting our interests and gaining advantage in every aspect of life.

I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Mary Renault.