I'm not expecting the American literary community to welcome me with open arms. To them I'm just some schmuck kid who wrote some book.

People do bad things in their lives. And those sort of things are forgivable. That's half the point of having confession in church - you need to be able to fess up to what you've done.

Michael Jackson and I talk all the time. I think we understand each other in a way that most people can't understand either of us.

I can go to any restaurant without a reservation, but while I'm there, everyone's gonna be staring.

He was so excited. He cut out pictures of these landscapes and neighborhoods and kind of really tried to give you a feel of the movie. It was kind of cute but at the same time it really showed his enthusiasm for it.

People still recognize me all the time on the street. The first thing they say when they stop me is, "Where have you been?" The second comment they make is always, "Oh, you've grown up."

I'm not one of those people who needs that gratification of doing, like, 10 films a year.