Like so many writers I started writing stories because I didn't have much time for anything else.

Time, which is your enemy in almost everything in this life, is your friend in writing.

We are made to persist. that's how we find out who we are.

Fearlessness in those without power is maddening to those who have it.

One of the things that draws writers to writing is that they can get things right that they got wrong in real life by writing about them.

The beauty of a fragment is that it still supports the hope of brilliant completeness.

A piece of writing is a dangerous thing," he said. "It can change your life.

Real maturity is the ability to imagine the humanity of every person as fully as you believe in your own humanity.

Memory is funny. Once you hit a vein the problem is not how to remember but how to control the flow.

Everything has to be pulling weight in a short story for it to be really of the first order.

Most of us dont live lives that lend themselves to novelistic expression, because our lives are so fragmented.

I will always appreciate those who made me go through rough times because without those, I wouldn't have the wisdom and power that lies within me now.

Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party.

It wasn't always easy at times, having grown up on television and being in the entertainment industry.

Working on women and working on different ages and different shapes of bodies… I love women. I love to spend more time with them.

The first step on the way to victory is to recognize the enemy.

Tantra means the avoidance of a set or defined form of spirituality. Tantra is intuitive self-discovery.

For me, living in the closet corroded my ability to have an honest, open relationship with my God, my loved ones, my constituency and myself.

I don't think the area of Jerusalem should be part of a Jewish state; it belongs to all people, to Christians and Muslims and the Jewish people.

Everybody thinks that actors would be really good at bluffing, but I think it's a little backward.

It's not only progressives who listen to progressive radio.