If we wait until our lives are free from sorrow or difficulty, then we wait forever. And miss the entire point.

There is a divine moment in our lives when we all become one. It's called procreation, and it is reborn, continually and forever.

My favorite thing is to be alone in a room with a blank paper in front of me and the time to fill it.

A stage play requires very different craft from a book, fiction or otherwise, and ditto from a screenplay.

It helps to be able to be alone. 'Cuz writing is done alone, unless you collaborate, but I don't do that. Ask my ex-wife.

I am very abnormal... But it wasnt very long ago that I wasnt so abnormal. I was very normal and headed for a lifetime of paying medical bills as proof of my normalcy.

America is terrified of the passage of time. Prozac Nation. Land of Face Lifts.

It is all about marketing; that is where the real craft comes in. The best actors do not necessarily become the biggest stars. And vice versa.

I'm a classic example of what can happen if you follow your inner voice. I was cursed with interests and some talent in many different areas. It confuses people.

Children who cling to parents or who don't want to leave home are stunted in their emotional, psychological growth.

Change is good. And in fact unavoidable.

Art that only comes from the head isn't any good.

School friends rarely remembered, hardly forgotten...!!

Treat people like people. Beware of pity and patronization because in them, you can't see when you're unashamedly looking down on someone.

Sin does not stop God's grace from flowing, but God's grace will stop sin.

If your church loves the way you do church more than your children, it loves the wrong thing.

I don't know how it is...but you seem to think me something wonderful, and indeed, I am not.

Self-respect knows no considerations.

Wait for the fruit to fall into your hand.

You are priests, not social or political leaders. Let us not be under the illusion that we are serving the Gospel through an exaggerated interest in the wide field of temporal problems.