No matter what I do now, there are certain doors I have already closed, certain opportunities I'll never get back. There's nothing to be done, I guess. It is what it is.

Drama and comedy, to me ,are all about being surprising, coherent, and true, all at once.

I think we all live dichotomies. I'm a father of three boys and a loyal homebody sort of husband and father. And yet I act in movies and write and direct movies.

Life is ridiculous. It's not our fault.

I like if you're reading something, and they're saying something you always thought, but they're putting it in the exact right way

I frankly encountered more anti-Semitism in the northeast than I did in Oklahoma, but not much either place. Anti-Semitism is not part of my life.

Really, life is full of contradictions. Life is messy.

I am not a natural singer, but I can sing, and probably the way I sing is more imitative than from myself, which is why I am never going to be an amazing recording artist.

I've done about every kind of fishing you can imagine, but I've never noodled. And the reason I've never noodled is because I don't want to get bit by a water moccasin. I'm just too afraid of snakes.

I love writing about Oklahoma. I love writing Oklahoma characters; I love playing Southwestern characters.

I tried to film 'Leaves of Grass' in Oklahoma, but it was literally about a million dollars less to shoot in Louisiana.

If there are no barriers to cross or demons to slay in the journey to reach your desired destination, how can you call it a success?

We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.

It's been my experience that people who make proclamations about themselves are usually the opposite of what they claim to be.

There are so many people in the world with so many different perspectives. But ultimately, at the heart of it, they're people.

When two forces unite, their efficiency double.

People tell us they have been inspired by our music to do great things.

Sometimes I wish I was just a girl in an indie band. I could dance around on stage and it wouldn't be so much about me.

Until we begin to see each other as ourselves, nothing will change. We are one planet.

Let's face it: I paint well. I know it, you know it. There's no arguing really, is there?

I respectfully decline the invitation to join your hallucination.