So I came to the realization: Nothing in life is unfair. It's just life.

I wouldn't go back on my old days, though; everybody needs to have their wild years. It's just a question of when and I'd rather have had them early than be doing it as a mid-life crisis type thing.

Can someone explain the vitriol whenever Ayn Rand comes up? 'Atlas' is the greatest motivator for the individual that I can imagine.

Sampling, statisticians have told us, is a much more effective way of getting a good census.

I was sick of playing high-school kids. I liked being a teenager, but I would not go back for all the tea in China.

The '80s were about trying to establish myself as an actor with a career. And being a teenager enjoying the fruits of being successful with lots of what I think is appropriate for that age.

Be funny whenever possible, even if some people don't get it.

We always reminisce about how everyone tried to get Diane Lane's attention, to very little success.

Sobriety was the greatest gift I ever gave myself.

People have a responsibility, especially with today's media, to read between the lines.

Fake confidence on the outside often trumps truthful turmoil on the inside.

Never mind what I say. I am always saying what I shouldn't say. In fact, I usually say what I really think. A great mistake nowadays. It makes one so liable to be misunderstood.

Let your family, staff, and friends know that you're still the same person, despite all the publicity and notoriety that accompanies your position.

The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.

There's issue of a corrupt campaign finance system, where big money interests and Wall Street are trying to buy elections.Those are the issues that are resonating.

Every scene should be able to answer three questions: "Who wants what from whom? What happens if they don't get it? Why now?"

The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. Try to make people moral, and you lay the groundwork for vice.

The most secure method, to ruin your health, is a SICK BED!

In a world without the law of God, you have chaos, oppression, tyranny, and everyone doing what is right in their own eyes.

You have to be compelled to write. If you’re not, nothing else that you do matters.