The critical mind is the creative mind.

I'm inspired as a writer by any place where I've lived for a significant amount of time that have memories, my past, and stories attached to them, and that's really New York and L.A. Any place where there's ghosts are inspiring.

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

When I started getting notoriety it was cheesy to appear in a commercial.

I think [kids] enjoy reading, but it's a different world now. There are a lot of competitors for the imaginative attention.

You're raising a kid and you give it food and shelter and, most importantly, you give it the feeling that it's special. I think people react to celebrities like that - I mean, they treat celebrities like children.

When I was a kid I ate sports books up, like "Winners Never Quit" by Phil Pepe. That was like my bible.