Whatever you do in terms of telling a story, the most important thing that you can define is who you are.

Trying to lead an interesting life, a fruitful life, is a big challenge.

dear god, whose name i do not know. thank you for my life. i forgot... how BIG... thank you. thank you for my life.

Monogamy is like a 40-watt bulb. It works, but its not enough.

Winning the Pulitzer is a really mellow, fabulous thing. You don't sit and wait for them to open an envelope. You already know you won, and you have a nice lunch. Oscars are more stressful. I had to sit for three hours and wait for my category. I had to fly to Los Angeles. For the Pulitzer I just had to go up to Columbia. But, while the president of Columbia gave me the Pulitzer, Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck gave me the Oscar, so that was better.

People ask me if I believe in things: in God, in astrology, and I say, absolutely! I believe in everything! And I believe in its opposite. Like the positive and negative volts on a battery, you need both for power.

When I write a screenplay - and I think this is true for a lot of people - you direct the movie. Thats what writing a screenplay is.