I've always been an avid reader. Everyone in my family read a lot. Considering we were from a little town, we were pretty literate.

It's a little bit hard to have personal things subject to public scrutiny, and it's a pressure that other people aren't under, but then they're under a lot of pressures that we're not under.

You can't work in the movies. Movies are all about lighting. Very few filmmakers will concentrate on the story. You get very little rehearsal time, so anything you do onscreen is a kind of speed painting.

Scary monsters are like Hula Hoops. They come in and out of fashion.

Reviews are destructive by their very nature.

There's no worse feeling in the world than realizing the play you've directed doesn't work.

There's a reason screens are only this thick.