Politics has always been a mud fight - better that citizens jump in the trough than lose interest.

A lot of deaths feel sad. Philip Seymour Hoffman's feels like a robbery.

Nuance doesn't get retweeted.

In the reality - TV era, unstable behavior become a valid career choice.

Shamelessness is not the same as honesty.

I know I should look away, let him grieve in private, but I cannot. The sweet girl that I knew only briefly is the key to this gentle beast who has captured my heart.

the mind is a treasuretrove, an almanac, a tomb.

Suffering has its beneficial aspects. It can be an excellent teacher.

Usually with film writing I start with characters, and set about writing their story.

I think my strongest suit is comedy. I certainly have limits in other areas.

There is no sense in agreeing or desiring that the United States take an affirmative position in outer space, unless we are prepared to do the work and bear the burdens to make it successful.

As an actor, you never know where the works going to come, so you have to be flexible about it.

Life figures itself to me as a festal or funereal procession.

I always think change is important in a character. The most dynamic choices that you can make for a character are always the best ones.

In losing stewardship we lose fellowship; we become outcasts from the great neighborhood of creation.