I can get sad, I can get frustrated, I can get scared, but I never get depressed - because there's joy in my life.

I'm glad I don't have a drinking problem,' I confided, 'because I don't think I'd ever be able to quit.

Since I'm not sure of the address to which to send my gratitude, I put it out there in everything I do.

The oldest form of theater is the dinner table. It's got five or six people, new show every night, same players. Good ensemble; the people have worked together a lot.

I wait for good opportunities to come up to do stuff; I'm not seeking things. I'm quite busy in the meantime, but if the right thing came up, I would be happy to do it.

I'm a dad, I'm a husband, I'm an activist, I'm a writer and I'm just a student of the world.

When something enters your life that is so big and so non-negotiable as catastrophic illness, you either go in denial for a while or ultimately you accept it and you make space for it. And in making space for it, you illuminate a lot of things that you normally don't have room for you simply just look at the world differently.