I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin.

Adolescence-is it the first time in life we discover that we have something terrible to hide from those who love us?

. . .There are moments when time does stop. We must be alert enough to notice such moments . . .

The way you define yourself as a writer is that you write every time you have a free minute. If you didn't behave that way you would never do anything.

We often need to lose sight of our priorities in order to see them.

I'm not at all contemporary, not even modern, and the fact that I would be so quaintly attracted to that wrestling rule makes me, I suppose, seem all the more old-fashioned. I believe in rules of behavior, and I'm quite interested in stories about the consequences of breaking those rules.

We permit bad taste in this country. In fact, we even encourage it - and reward it in all manner of ways.