When I'm writing, I never write more than four hours a day.

She is pure Alice in Wonderland, and her appearance and demeanor are a nicely judged mix of the Red Queen and a Flamingo.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.

I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.

The wind is us-- it gathers and remembers all our voices, then sends them talking and telling through the leaves and the fields.

Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.

I love New York, even though it isn't mine, the way something has to be, a tree or a street or a house, something, anyway, that belongs to me because I belong to it.

When you've got nowhere to turn, turn on the gas.

Well, I'm about as tall as a shotgun, and just as noisy.

A man who doesn't dream is like a man who doesn't sweat. He stores up a lot of poison.

Nobody can change who you are, except for you.

You get confused by crying women, I get confused by walks with princes.

I'm not going to put out a Christmas CD until it's coming out of me naturally.

Personally I had the opportunity to go on several ride alongs with the LA County Sheriff's Department with some amazing detectives, who were invaluable to me.

My sun sets to raise again.

Marxism is the opium of the Marxists.

The MTV thing is the thing that I will always tip my hat to because that was like my acting class and how I got comfortable in front of a camera and how I kind of created my own thing.

There is no answer. It's okay. But even if it wasn't okay, what am I supposed to do?

The overarching issue, really, is our surgeon general should be able to communicate transparently and honestly with the American public on all issues.

If you're 70th or 80th on the money list, it's not very motivating.