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.

At Princeton I wrote my junior paper on Virginia Woolf, and for my senior thesis I wrote on Samuel Beckett. I wrote some about "Between the Acts" and "Mrs. Dalloway'' but mostly about "To the Lighthouse." With Beckett I focused, perversely, on his novels, "Molloy," "Malone Dies," and "The Unnamable." That's when I decided I should never write again.

A lot of times passion projects or films are difficult to make because they don't have proven directors attached to them.

It's not someone else's responsibility to honor my marriage. It's my responsibility.

I had to work in one of the most beautiful ski resorts in the world for almost three weeks. Pity me.

Our country was founded on a distrust of government. Our founding fathers gave power to the people to keep an eye on government. So when politicians say, 'Trust me,' they're actually being very un-American.

I like my computer. But I don't know how to use it as well as the 10-year-old daughter.