I rarely think about my childhood. It's a slippery thing I can't keep hold of for long - it slithers out of my grasp. And a lot of the time I remember what was missing instead of what was there. I am a chronicler of absence.

Running for office is the least aerobic of the socially interactive sports.

Life is a cruel, horrible joke and I am the punch line.

I just admire my mother very much.

I can like men who are a little light in the loafers.

You can't find any true closeness in Hollywood, because everybody does the fake closeness so well.

I love the idea of God, but it's not stylistically in keeping with the way I function. I would describe myself as an enthusiastic agnostic who would be happy to be shown that there is a God. I can see that people who believe in God are happier. ... But I doubt.