I can't pass up a blank book when I see it in a bookstore. And I write a sentence in it, and then I put it away.

If 50 percent of your career is not filled with failure, you're not really successful.

I collect books, primarily first-edition 20th-century fiction.

I certainly don't take life lightly. To respect the product that you're using, I think, is very important. I think it does connect you a little bit more.

I don't do a lot of guest shots on television.

I've seen more convincing wigs on William Shatner.

I guess we all have some sort of Rubicon that we haven't crossed in our lives and we've thought about for who knows how long. And for me, it's writing.