My favorite Elton John song is "Daniel"; my son is named Daniel and he's partly named after my wife's father, but also partly named after that song.

Everything in your life might be good, but there's still this notion that everything is not going to be okay, that there's more pain and suffering to come down the road.

I don't care if people think I'm a junkie or a loser.

Novel writing is World Building & Word Weaving (Neil Postman's terms).

To understand Jesus Christ, you must know the Language of Heaven.

I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken made verbal and shared even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.

I grew up in New York City, where we played highly unorganized sports: stick ball, stoop ball, and the occasional game of baseball with no adult supervision.

The day before I was famous in Denmark, nobody looked my way. The day after, everybody wanted to talk to me.

If most American cities are about the consumption of culture, Los Angeles and New York are about the production of culture - not only national culture but global culture.

My heroes were all in the theatre.

We are always looking to the future; the present does not satisfy us. Our ideal, whatever it may be, lies further on.

When the crowd appreciates you, it encourages you to be a little more daring, I think.

What's worth doing is worth doing for money.