People are like music, some speak the truth and others are just noise.

Be available for life to happen.

When I was a little kid playing baseball, my manager called me Sleepy. And only a few people, who know me from way, way back, call me that still. I used to drift off and that's why they made me the catcher, so I wouldn't fall asleep. That gift I have still.

Somewhere there's a score being kept, so you have an obligation to live life as well as you can, be as engaged as you can.

Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to be so. - Stephen Leacockof Christmas trees around the house, so it smells good.

Those are my people, you know? The ones who are going to crash and burn.

If you have a good script, that's what gets you involved. It's harder to write a good screenplay than to find something.