If 'Black Balloon' had come out before 'The Mummy,' casting agents wouldn't have been able to see me for the first time in 'The Mummy.' But now that 'The Mummy' has come out before 'The Black Balloon,' that's a very good combination.

In my right-wing politics of the time, I held that unemployment was usually the fault of the unemployed.

Acting in anger and hatred throughout my life, I frequently precipitated what I feared most, the loss of friendships and the need to rely upon the very people I'd abused.

At times during high school and college I wished to be a sportswriter.

I teethed on books of heroes such as Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln and King David.

One in 150 kids is autistic these days. The autism spectrum is growing.

My habit of glorifying things far away in space and time, also contributed to my social isolation.