If my work was good enough, I would never have to do publicity.

I don't discount belief. I just discount most of the things that people believe in.

I reread "Ball Four" by Jim Bouton, the father of all sports books. Aside from that, and books like "Out of Their League" by Dave Meggyesy, sports books generally pull their punches.

People are really much more respectful than they're made out to be and much more discerning about the fact that I'm not the character I play.

Humility is considered an un-masculine quality.

Most journalists expect me to answer all their questions about aliens and spaceships.

On the one hand, people think they own kids; they feel that they have the right to tell the kids what to do. On the other hand, people envy kids. We'd like to be kids our whole lives. Kids get to do what they do. They live on their instincts.