It's okay to fail 'cause there's no failure, you're just informing the richness of your experience, and that's - that's the greatest gift you can possibly give yourself.

I never truly believed that human business was some serious thing.

Banks are the temples of America. This is a holy war. Our economy is our religion.

I understand that in our work - doesn't matter whether it's acting or writing - what's important isn't fame or glamour, none of the things I used to dream about, it's the ability to endure.

You are in control only if you control yourself.

There is no possibility of a public demonstration [in Iran] of such defiance, but these defiant acts are certainly going on.

I think I am an adult.

I always rip out the last page of a book. Then it doesn't have to end. I hate endings!

Uneven numbers are the gods' delight.

There are three kinds of people: 1. Innovators. 2. Imitators. 3. Idiots.

In order to be a writer, first you must become an alive dead spirit.