If you have someone falling out of the boat, you'd have to drag the boat up the river and film the same scene ten times, every time, dragging the boat exactly where it was up the river.

That was a mistake, I guess, going out to California. They have these things called guidance counselors in high school. They drink a lot of herbal tea.

Where I live you're not supposed to shoot a firearm within a quarter mile of a dwelling.

Drugs and drinking affect every family I know, country and city, middle-class and poor.

I loved writing for the school newspaper. I liked to report and interview people, but I really liked to write columns, funny columns.

I always felt a weird obligation to be adventurous.

Mothers aren't allowed to have favorite children!