There are still actors who use emotional memory, affective memory, which was Lee Strasberg's emphasis, not his total emphasis. She taught everything at the Actor's Studio. But nevertheless, she felt that it impeded her.

There are still actors who use emotional memory, affective memory, which was Lee Strasberg's emphasis, not his total emphasis. She taught everything at the Actor's Studio. But nevertheless, she felt that it impeded her.

Our language, one of our most precious natural resources, deserves at least as much protection as our woodlands, streams and whooping cranes.

If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?

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

Comedians don't laugh. They're too busy analyzing why it's funny or not.

I wanted when we began this to have a conversation, the kind that you're able to have, and the only way I knew how to do it was not to have a pre-interview.