When I'm writing, I look like a fool because the parts are moving through me and I'm crying and laughing and making faces.

I have mad luck. I'm super-good at games like backgammon or anything that requires rolling dice.

Sometimes I feel that the people I'm writing are more real to me than the people around me. When you take that imaginative leap, you're living so much in that world.

I find playwriting really painful. I love it, or I wouldn't do it, but I don't love the theater as much as I love movies.

I find playwriting to be incredibly difficult compared to screenwriting. Part of it is that I grew up watching movies and not watching plays.

Nothing's going to come to you by sitting around and waiting for it.

I think action should be revealed through character, so if you have a plot problem, it's probably a character problem.

What I did have was an incredible amount of belief in myself.

I was really surprised when I started working and realized that you're actually on your own, a lot of the time. It makes you really responsible, as an actor.

I think movies have much more magic than the theater. Theater can be a magical experience, but movies thrust their subjectivity on you in a more profound way.

And when I get bored, it's like the worst parts of me come out. I really veer to self-destructive tendencies quickly.

Yes I am, I am also a Muslim, a Christian, a Buddhist, and a Jew.

If she looked into a fractured mirror, she'd see what he saw.

Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.

Avoid pulpits, platforms, stages and pedestals. Keep to the hard ground. It is the only way you can judge your approximate status as a man.

I have always been honest with my fans, which means being open about any struggles I have had along the way.

I had enough brain to live a stupid life.

I never intended to be a teacher. I just like going to school and learning things.

“Doesn't have to be easy to be right.” In that case, we're meant for each other.

I don't really want to go into my problems with the team at the time except to say that no one's ever had to pay me to play basketball.

I have long believed these types of collaborative agreements are a far better approach to federal land management than the contentious battles that too often sidetrack proper resource management.