Without whining and without making myself a tragic figure, there is no replacement for the loss of your privacy. It's a huge sacrifice.

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

The only problem with Mitch [Pileggi, the actor who plays Skinner] is that his bald head means there's nothing to hold onto when he starts to buck.

There's two things I gotta do. One is, I gotta update my resume. And then, I have to call my mother.

One of the scary things is that, when you're a kid, you look at your dad as the man who has no fear. When you're an adult, you realize your father had fear, and that you have it, too.

I will read biographies or autobiographies while I'm writing, but mostly I put books in a to-read queue, like Rachel Cusk's new novel, "Outline."

Feelings come and go, unless you don't feel them. Then they stay, and hurt, and grow pear-shaped and weird.