I think people are intolerant of artists.

I think storytelling is all about children. We human beings love to hear stories being told - and it first happens when you're a kid.

Hope comes in many forms.

People have said that I said I hate television. I never did say that. What I said was that I hated a lot of stuff that was on television. It's nothing about the medium itself.

James Gandolfini was a genius. Anyone who saw him even in the smallest of his performances knows that. He is one of the greatest actors of this or any time... A great deal of that genius resided in those sad eyes. I remember telling him many times, 'You don't get it. You're like Mozart.'

Television is a prisoner of dialogue and steady-cam. People walk down a hall, and the camera follows them around a corner.

I think for anyone who follows the 'artistic life,' a certain amount of selfishness and self-involvement is part of the package. You're probably already disregarding a certain material life you could have.