Screenwriting is like ironing. You move forward a little bit and go back and smooth things out.

My older sister was at the cusp of new wave, and I had older brothers from my father's first marriage who were rock 'n' roll guys, so I was exposed to a lot of popular culture.

I'll rebel against powers and principalities, all the time. Always, I will.

Acting is the hardest job in the entire world. By far. Harder than ditch digging.

It's a gamble you take, the risk of alienating an audience. But there's a theory - sometimes it's better to confuse them for five minutes than let them get ahead of you for 10 seconds.

My dad was this sort of avant-garde guy who did all kinds of weird things. He was a true original and anybody who met him never forgot him.

I am always looking for that nuance, that moment of truth, and you can't really do that fast.

My writing has a lot to do with who I am, and what my life is like, and my relationships to people.

You write who you are. But you also cheat, and youwrite what you want to be. It's embarrasing to be the guy who madethe movie, knowing you're not exactly who you want to be.

Film school is a complete con, because the information is there if you want it.

There’s a lot for screenwriters to steal from songwriters, in terms of getting to the point.

Life Isnt A Game, Its A War, Always Having To FightFor What We Believe In.

It is a terrific thing to get a building built that has the qualities of greatness in it.

There's something deep inside of me. There's someone else I've got to be.

The first, the middle and the last thing to do is to pray.

I never studied writing, but I'd always been a reader and had a secret fantasy about being a writer.

Personal relationships are always the key to good business. You can buy networking; you can't buy friendships.

Washington has been ignoring this issue for too long.

The Yankees would be a much better team if they signed a proven closer instead of Tanaka.

Since baseball time is measured only in outs, all you have to do is succeed utterly; keep hitting, keep the rally alive, and you have defeated time. You remain forever young.

Scientists have been struck by the fact that things that break down virtually never get lost, while things that get lost hardly ever break down.