It's rare in movies or even in life where somebody owns up to their needs. I guess in a relationship it's the only way it has a chance to survive it.

If you have Darwin, Christ and Nietzsche, they're all going to talk at once. You need somebody who listens.

Maybe the best things about celebrity are the things like being able to get that seat on the plane that you wouldn't normally get, but that's kind of like cheating.

I understand the self-loathing and the resentment, and the discipline that it takes to sit down in front of a typewriter or computer every single day, whether it's going well or not going well.

I think the real heroic teachers are the ones who work with kids, like my mom and my sister do.

Actually, I have an interest in finishing my Ph.D., but I just know I never will.

Approaching a part or thinking about taking a part, I never think, 'Is that person like me?'