That's really a very different experience: You don't have to look to be understood. You're already understood.

The only stuff I don't like are Broadway musicals. I hate them. I don't even like to talk about it. I can't bear musicals.

It's the tradition of American writers getting away in order to see the country - to get a better view.

My secret dream is to write an epic poem. That's probably the most pretentious thing I've said.

People only stutter at the beginning of the word. They're not afraid when they get to the end of the word. There's just regret.

The main thing that attracts me to Buddhism is probably what attracts every artist to being an artist - that it's a godlike thing. You are the ultimate authority. There is no other ultimate authority.

I always feel like if someone has stage fright, I really try and say, "Listen, these people want you to succeed, they want to have a good evening. They want to see something really great. They don't want to see something crappy. They don't. They want to be at something really special."