I would say that writing, both the act of writing, and of course reading of other people's work is, for me, supreme joy.

Landing the airplane I think is the most difficult thing that I've every learned to do in my life.

The foundation for film acting is stage acting.

If I were to ask you for example right now to go back with me and define those moments in your life that shaped you as a person and you began to reexamine them, something would happen.

They change. They're different. There are no two alike, that's the miracle of it. But if they have something to teach the students. You can see them writing during the show.

There's only one man I've called a coward, and that's Brian Doyle-Murray.

The definition of genius, really, should be that that person can do what the rest of us have to learn how to do.