People care enough to write blogs and reviews and things, which is nice.

It's definitely nerve-racking to be the center of attention. I'm not the kind of an actor that just craves attention 24-7 - but it's part of the deal. You're the leader on the set

People look back on those days through a thick veil of nostalgia, but life was hard if you were anything other than a rich, powerful white male

Whether it's Paris Hilton or Kim Kardashian or whoever, stupidity is certainly celebrated.

I came in the Dawson's Creek era; it was all about tiny guys who looked like teenagers, and I haven't looked like a teenager ever. So I was, like, auditioning to be their dads. At 25.

Part of being an adult is treating women like women.

I'm painfully aware of my surroundings at all times.

Some boys are particular about how they look. I'm not.

I like kids but I also like the option to close the door. Becoming a parent is a whole other life, and it doesn't stop.

Point me to 50 people online who think I'm super sexy. I'll point you to 50 more who say he's old and looks like my dad.

I think pets are great. They're better than kids, that's for sure.

There should be more to writing than entertaining an already-brain-dead society and making money. If not, then you miss the point of writing.

and yet a child’s utter innocence is but its blank ignorance, and the innocence more or less wanes as intelligence waxes.

Even if it means I’ll never be the man you give yourself to, I’ll always do anything to protect you.

One person alone can't do anything as important as bringing genuine democracy to a country.

The Humane Society of America thinks Michael Vick should have a dog. I think whoever's in charge there should have a lobotomy.

I never want to feel constrained by writing a novel for a specific audience.

Effective fund-raising is based on relationships.

You know this is a dicey situation anyway you look at it.

All good conversation, manners, and action come from a spontaneity which forgets usages and makes the moment great.

The President wishes the Japanese to be very prudent about the introduction of opium, and if a treaty is made, he wishes that opium may be strictly prohibited.