My grandfather was a cop in Long Island. I often try to draw on things that I've heard about him.

I grew up in Greenwich Village. Dad was friends with John Lennon and Yoko Ono.

My taste in music and entertainment is quite eclectic.

I'm open to sci-fi, but I was never a diehard fan. I have no idea why it keeps following me. I'm extremely lucky, I guess; it's a lucrative venue.

I think sometimes women who are supposed to be strong are also written as mean and vindictive.

I never worked less than 16-hour days on South Beach.

My father used to sing to me in my mother's womb. I think I can name about any tune in two beats.

My junior high was dreadful. I see a lot of my fellow alumni on America's Most Wanted.

I've spent a lot of time and money trying to keep my anger in control.

Don't we all just really try to fake it well?

I am so happy to be on a show with writing I wanted to participate in.

One simple thought can change the world

For a time, then, we stay. For a time. Till the changes.

a walk is only a step away from a story, and every path tells.

A true symbol appears only when there is a need to express what thought cannot think or what is only divined or felt.

The netherworld is timeless and unchanging, and boring -- much like a doctor's waiting room.

What we call the wisdom that comes with age is usually simple caution.

Not much more can happen to you after you lose your reputation and your wife.

Morality does not depend on religion.

Loneliness is proof that your innate search for connection is intact.

A society will manufacture an image of progress and locate it in the direction it wishes to take us.