You can't really judge an actor's abilities by their career, because the business is going to pigeonhole people into whatever turns a profit, and no artist is less in charge of how their work is presented than an actor, the appeal of Vince was that within a great naturalism, he can convey fierce intelligence, complex emotion, and a real warmth married to a real edge, strength and vulnerability and danger and humor. There are essential contradictions at work that makes him fascinating to watch.

Whatever I watched, whatever I loved in 36 years of life on Earth, probably had some influence on me.

The Atlantic really gave me my writing career - even just the conviction to be a writer.

Art was always for me an escape and a way to relate to the world around me.

The work is where I tend to feel pressure - not so much in the reaction to it.

I've found that all weak people share a basic obsession - they fixate on the idea of satisfaction. Anywhere you go men and women are like crows drawn by shiny objects. For some folks, the shiny objects are other people, and you'd be better off developing a drug habit.

It’s better to not have a reputation than a bad one.