The first rule in the book of love is acceptance.

In order to become the master the politician poses as the servant.

Why does man create? Is it man's purpose on earth to express himself, to bring form to thought, and to discover meaning in experience? Or is it just something to do when he's bored?

When you're poor, you have nothing to lose and be afraid of. Holding onto the dream and having nothing to lose is what helped me succeed.

I think in the late '80s and early '90s horror was dead.

I deem as heroic those who have the harder task, face it unflinchingly and live. In this world women do that.

I have been working, as emergency relief coordinator, on an international scale, very hard to build a wider alliance of partners in assistance efforts.

Some things may work, but they definitely won't work every time. Some things may work at various times.

Every little kid wants to grow up to be a cowboy, and I did.

I was a huge 'Sopranos' fan, obviously.

It is only when you open your veins and bleed onto the page a little that you establish contact with your reader.