You learn by trying and failing. Just a lot of hard work and mistakes.

The closer you stay to emotional authenticity and people, character authenticity, the less you can go wrong. That's how I feel now, no matter what you're doing.

Anything you could ever want or be you already have and are.

The holy trifecta of directing and filmmaking is character emotion, camera movement and music. When you hit those three, that's magical. That's what I'm trying to do.

I got put on jury duty, which is where I learned how to write.

There's nothing better than an actor who is really, really hungry to show everything they've got.

You know, veterans come home and they may not be bipolar, but after they've been through a war with PTSD or a head injury, their families have a handful when they come home.

That's just how I see things. I think things that are the most dramatic or tragic can also look the most ridiculous and funny. That's part of being human.

The idea that anyone would think their religious ideas make them morally superior is just preposterous.

The gift of life is the gift to suffer sometimes and to embrace it, heartbreak and all.

What do we have in life, really? If we're lucky we get to a certain age, and we have each other. We have the food we like. We have our crazy little rituals. And we have each other.

Life is all about lies. It's about what you can stomach.

Not all good things come from good people.

If you're not excited by it, why do you do it?

Each book takes anywhere from two to three years to complete, from concept to outline to final edits. I work on as many as five at a time.

Women are part of the reason for washing and keeping clean, aren't they?

There is no misery in art. All art is about saying yes, and all art is about its own making.

What workers must learn is that the only reason why wage rates are higher in the United States is that the per head quota of capital invested is higher.

After the fact, our hearts always go out to the fallen Goliaths. Yet we invariably root for their Davids. Until they're winners.

I'm here in Whoopi Goldberg's office trying to choose some shoes. We've seen [Marco] Rubio has those cool new boots and I don't want to be outdone.

Is this the final treachery of time, that the old become a burden upon the young?