I'm kind of an obsessive-compulsive person, like, neat obsessive.

The funny thing is that I write and I act a lot about being Jewish, but I don't really think about it as a regular person.

You can think about your career or you can think about your job. I like to think about my job.

Where else do you find great directors? Acting is one of the places.

And you know, I hate to admit this, but I don't always think in terms of Shakespeare. When I eat, I do. When I'm at a restaurant, I'll think, 'Hmm, what would Macbeth have ordered?'

Everyone assumes that novelists are smarter and more interesting. They're generally smarter and more interesting, but they're often very short. So it kind of cancels all the smart and interesting stuff out.

Part of what I enjoy about the theatre and acting is that sense of history.