People only speak to get something.

I tend to write a lot, which I think is the secret to being prolific.

Society functions in a way much more interesting than the multiple-choice pattern we have been rewarded for succeeding at in school. Success in life comes not from the ability to choose between the four presented answers, but from the rather more difficult and painfully acquired ability to formulate the questions.

When you come into the theatre, you have to be willing to say, 'We're all here to undergo a communion, to find out what the hell is going on in this world.' If you're not willing to say that, what you get is entertainment instead of art, and poor entertainment at that.

You know, young actors say all the time, 'Should I use my own life experience?' And my response is, 'What choice do you have?'

Films have degenerated to their original operation as carnival amusement - they offer not drama but thrills.

My alma mater is the Chicago Public Library. I got what little educational foundation I got in the third-floor reading room, under the tutelage of a Coca-Cola sign.