The toughest question has always been, "How do you get your ideas?" How do you answer that? It's like asking runners how they run, or singers how they sing. They just do it!

An apology is the superglue of life. It can repair just about anything.

No matter how old you are, there's always something good to look forward to.

Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about.

The most profound statements are often said in silence.

In a way, a certain amount of self-criticism is a good thing, because it keeps you humble. Realizing that no matter what success you've achieved, you can still make enemies makes you humble, too.

You don't have to die in order to make a living!

Only a couple of times have I ever been to church and felt enlightened by it.

Not being able to sleep is terrible. You have the misery of having partied all night... Without the satisfaction.

You think about child abuse and you think of a father viciously attacking a daughter or a son, but in my family it was my mother. My mother, I would say, was a... very brutal disciplinarian.

And my father was a comic. He could play any musical instrument. He loved to perform. He was a wonderfully comedic character. He had the ability to dance and sing and charm and analyze poetry.

If Jesus has to do it all over again, there will be more people shouting "Crucify him".You are not here to make the world a better place. Mark 15:13

this process isn’t suitable for complex decisions that have nuance, and those who use it in such situations run the risk of being perceived as rubberstamping when the decision had already been made.

Well, it's a lot less dangerous - working with snakes and mountaibn lions and dangerous animals - than working in Hollywood [laughs]. Hollwood will kill you.

I have a massive guilt thing about money.

Whoever uses the spirit that is in him creatively is an artist. To make living itself an art, that is the goal.

Now I know what a dulcimer is supposed to sound like.

It is the parents duty to intervene when they see wrong choices being made.

I generally had to give in.

The world of literature has everything in it, and it refuses to leave

I love seeing the people that I have worked with reach new career heights.