The difference - the fundamental difference between theater acting and film acting is that film acting is disjunctive.

If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?

I think that anybody's craft is fascinating. A taxi driver talking about taxi driving is going to be very, very interesting.

When you're talking about the thing that is most important to someone, they're liable to feel something strong.

Comedians don't laugh. They're too busy analyzing why it's funny or not.

I must confess that when I'm alone in my study, here in New York, writing; that's when I'm happy.

There's only one man I've called a coward, and that's Brian Doyle-Murray.

A good day's writing, when I turn off my computer after I know that I've written okay, or as well as I can write, that's a day well spent.

Our language, one of our most precious natural resources, deserves at least as much protection as our woodlands, streams and whooping cranes.

The definition of genius, really, should be that that person can do what the rest of us have to learn how to do.

Geniuses always think it's easier than we make it out to be.

Smile as often as possible and love as much as you can ❤ In the end...the heart felt memories you leave behind is all that really counts!

Work and you’ll get what you need, work harder and you’ll get what you want.

Life is to be lived as a magnificent adventure, or not at all.

The glory of the nation rests in the character of her men. And character comes from boyhood. Thus every boy is a challenge to his elders.

These little daily choices that we're so used to thinking are irrelevant are the most important thing we do all day long.

If I'm censoring for anyone, it's for my parents. They are very old-fashioned and moral people. They still don't understand me that well.

He said my name the way diabetics talked about hot fudge sundaes.

High expectations is the key to everything.

The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating people to approach printed matter with distrust.

I've definitely gotten to work with female directors, and I feel lucky because of that. I just feel like more voices should be represented.