Monogamy is like a 40-watt bulb. It works, but its not enough.

Whatever you do in terms of telling a story, the most important thing that you can define is who you are.

Theatre is the safe place to do the unsafe things that need to be done.

There are people who...tell you that the light in your heart is a weakness. Don't believe it! It's an old tactic of cruel people to kill kindness in the name of virtue.

Everything is painful, so why not be honest about the pain?

I'd like to thank everybody who ever punched or kissed me in my life and everybody who I ever punched or kissed.

Where the terror is, you must go.

I think that certainty is a closed door, It's the end of the conversation. Doubt is an open door.

When I write a screenplay - and I think this is true for a lot of people - you direct the movie. Thats what writing a screenplay is.

I have doubts! I have such doubts!

Trying to lead an interesting life, a fruitful life, is a big challenge.

There are decades where nothing happens

Art should startle the viewer into thinking about the meaning of life.

That's what I love about Michael Douglas' performance in Wonder Boys, because I feel like he surprises audiences that know him from very different roles in his other work.

The power under the Constitution will always be in the people.

Always remember this: There are only eighteen inches between a pat on the back and a kick in the rump.

The Lord did nothing either of himself or through his apostles without his Father, with whom he is united; so too, you should undertake nothing without the bishop and the presbyters priests.

Congress voted for tougher laws on corporations. So now when a corporation buys a senator, they need a receipt.

That’s the nice thing about dreams, the way you wake up before you fall.

Detach yourself from all that makes your mind restless. Renounce all that disturbs its peace. If you want peace, deserve it. By being a slave to your desires and fears, you disturb peace.

You just chip away until the puzzle is complete.