We are all vegetarians here, and except for a mountain lion that's been hanging around and killed our dog, we don't have a care in the world.

There is a divine moment in our lives when we all become one. It's called procreation, and it is reborn, continually and forever.

My favorite thing is to be alone in a room with a blank paper in front of me and the time to fill it.

A stage play requires very different craft from a book, fiction or otherwise, and ditto from a screenplay.

It helps to be able to be alone. 'Cuz writing is done alone, unless you collaborate, but I don't do that. Ask my ex-wife.

I am very abnormal... But it wasnt very long ago that I wasnt so abnormal. I was very normal and headed for a lifetime of paying medical bills as proof of my normalcy.

America is terrified of the passage of time. Prozac Nation. Land of Face Lifts.

It is all about marketing; that is where the real craft comes in. The best actors do not necessarily become the biggest stars. And vice versa.

I'm a classic example of what can happen if you follow your inner voice. I was cursed with interests and some talent in many different areas. It confuses people.

Children who cling to parents or who don't want to leave home are stunted in their emotional, psychological growth.

Change is good. And in fact unavoidable.

...Since in the centre of the soul there is a mansion reserved for God Himself...

At least, when there’s fear, there’s some human part left in you. Once that’s gone, though, there is nothing.

Night is when the whispers of the past become the echoes of the present.

Rather than you smoking a cigarette, the cigarette is really smoking you.

The world gets better every day - then worse again in the evening.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

The view of the local scene through the eyes of a native participant in that scene is a different window.

If your compliments are making women feel uncomfortable, scared, anxious, annoyed or harassed, you're probably not doing them right.

In my early years I read very hard. It is a sad reflection, but a true one, that I knew almost as much at eighteen as I do now.

Sadly the job security of lawyers has been ruined, so they are less willing to defend political defendants.