If we wait until our lives are free from sorrow or difficulty, then we wait forever. And miss the entire point.

It helps to be able to be alone. 'Cuz writing is done alone, unless you collaborate, but I don't do that. Ask my ex-wife.

To me, all writing is like music. And especially dialogue. I studied music in college; that is what I wanted to be, a composer. Acting got me sidetracked.

A stage play requires very different craft from a book, fiction or otherwise, and ditto from a screenplay.

I believe that the first 8 years are most important and the time in a child's life when parents must be absolutely and completely present.

Life without kids is like a camera without film.

Life has never been easy. Nor is it meant to be. It is a matter of being joyous in the face of sorrow.