Really, I didn't like Alaska. It rained, almost every day, at least 300 days out of the year.

My fear now is of cliche, of complacency, of not being able to feel authenticity in myself and those around me.

There's a lot of skeletons in my closet!

I generally play strong people and scary people.

People have said unkind things and you kind of have to, if you happen to read it, you have to just, you know, move on.

I lived in Texas for 10 years. There were a lot of people chewing, including my dad.

The writer should always serve as his own angleworm —and the sharper the barb with which he fishes himself out of blackness, the better.

I've never had any delusions about being a leading man, and it's not sour grapes to say that in the best films that I've always enjoyed, the cliched leading man type isn't a part of the picture.

Motive is never easy. Sometimes it occurs to one only later.

You never really forget who you are. If you did, you'd need to seek some professional help

I have to be careful of what TV shows I choose, particularly ones that have commercials in them, because it's going to be a different kind of television show.

This late age of the world’s experience had bred in them all, all men and women, a well of tears.

Relations were never good (how comfortable can you really be with a race that sees you as a nutritious part of a complete breakfast).

Marriage requires searing honesty at all costs. I learned that from my third wife.

Only six men in the world know about relativity. I am not one of them. When I ask them to explain, they confused me.

I'll be honest, I like everything about my body.

If a student takes a Stanford computer class and a Princeton business class, it shows they are motivated and have skills. We know it has helped employees get better jobs.

I done became bigger swervin writin in my peer's lane. Same dudes that used to holla my engineer's name.

It is my great hope that our paths, however long and winding, will cross again.

Chronic disease is a foodborne illness. We ate our way into this mess, and we must eat our way out.

Jehovah was not a moral god. He had all the vices and he lacked all the virtues. He generally carried out all his threats, but he never faithfully kept a promise.