There's periods now in our New York residence when I hear the door opening, especially the first couple of years... Anytime I hear that door opening I still think I'm gonna hear her.

The Irish Catholic side was married to the life of an actor and I found out acting could be a form of prayer.

Well I think people think sex is controversial. Not always, but certainly it's something to be discussed.

I'm constantly reading books on God or the absence of God and atheism.

You just get this profound feeling of instability . . . the Earth isn't stable anymore and then it passes and it becomes more infrequent, but I still get it sometimes.

For all of nature's wonder and beauty, it is also hostile and unpredictable.

I've had an unbelievable life. I've been very lucky. You do create your own luck too, you know? I never forget where I'm from. Whenever I pass a building site or see somebody digging a ditch, I always think, 'That's real work.'