People know everything about everybody now.

You learn from the mistakes you make and from the mistakes other people make. The truth is, you don't learn from success; you learn from failure.

You never really learn much from hearing yourself talk.

But I'm kind of comfortable with getting older because it's better than the other option, which is being dead. So I'll take getting older.

It is astonishing that gay and lesbian Americans are still treated as second-class citizens. I am confident that, very soon, the laws of this nation will reflect the basic truth that gay and lesbian people - like all human beings - are born equal in dignity and rights.

Whatever you do, don’t wake up at 65 years old and think about what you should have done with your life.

Any topical subject, if it's Hollywood, will be a couple of years later because you've got to write it, produce it and distribute it, so automatically you're never going to be right on the cutting edge of stories.