My mother's side of the family was in the production side of theatre. My grandfather, Jose Vega, was a general manager for Neil Simon shows on Broadway.

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.

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

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

War is more than battles, and battles are more than violence.

Just because I wasn’t human, didn’t mean I could discount human life. (Eric)

To Him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, He bounds, connects and equals all!

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Man is troubled not by events, but by the meaning he gives them.

Nothing you write is ever lost to you. At some other level your mind is working on it.

I want to show up to work and take risks. I don't ever want to play it safe.

America's drug war is so stupid that if you pay close attention to just how stupid it is -- it'll drive you to use drugs.

I'm perfectly happy complaining, because it's cathartic, and I'm perfectly happy arguing with people on the Internet because arguing is my favourite pastime - not programming.

Illusions and pipe dreams on the one hand And straight reality is always cold