in the family I grew up in, being called boring was like being called an ax murderer.

I have one rule I live by: Only do what you can do. That neans you're never looking outside for what's popular; you're always looking inside for what's true.

In Los Angeles, by the time you're 35, you're older than most of the buildings.

New Yorkers are born all over the country, and then they come to New York City and it hits them: Oh, that’s who I am.

Someone will always tell you what you want to hear.

There is something fantastic about getting divorced. Everyone should do it to experience the extraordinary sense of freedom after being in marriage jail.

Children are a house's enemy. They don't mean to be - they just can't help it. It's their enthusiasm, their energy, their naturally destructive tendencies.

writing is how I understand everything that happens. Writing is the only way I know to move on.

One cannot overstate the potential for hysteria on a movie set. Everyone always acts as if making the movie is as important as eradicating malaria.

As complicated as joint custody is, it allows the delicious contradiction of having children and maintaining the intimacy of life-before-kid s.

On the subject of spinach: divide into little piles. Rearrange again into new piles. After five of six maneuvers, sit back and say you are full.

Don't threaten me with a good time.

Never keep long and be waiting. Waiters and quitters have just a slight difference but a common end.

Our children are our sequels. Our parents are our prequels. All living beings are our equals.

All empires become arrogant. It is their nature.

Now, after the Cube, I still don't have any plans to make anything like it.

I'm tired. I am old and I have never quit pursuing my goals. I am heavily involved in real estate right now, but I am trying to get out of it altogether, I am just tired.

What this White House really needs is a chief of staff who can read Machiavelli in the original Italian.

My choreography suits men very well, and the women who can do it are damn hard, strong dancers.

The world we all share is the same in important respects. But in some deep ways, the lived world and its meanings are radically different.

More people worry themselves to death than bleed to death.