After a while I started to think of that as an image of something that went a lot deeper than the dead dog, which is you can't bring back anything to life.

I really don't like plays or movies that service propaganda.

If you know what you're looking for, that's all you'll get - what's previously known. But when you're open to what's possible, you get something new - that's creativity.

Nothing important was ever accomplished without chutzpah. Columbus had chutzpah. The signers of the Declaration of Independence had chutzpah. Don't ever aim doubt at yourself. Laugh at yourself, but don't doubt yourself.

Awards can give you a tremendous amount of encouragement to keep getting better, no matter how young or old you are.

Originality is unexplored territory. You get there by carrying a canoe - you can't take a taxi.

I was brought up as a Catholic, and I'm no longer a Catholic. I don't talk about my beliefs too much in public probably because I feel very strongly that it's something personal - more than personal, it's private.