We have developed this unbelievable ability to deny. We have to. If we didn't, we'd go crazy.

One of the things I've discovered in general about raising kids is that they really don't give a damn if you walked five miles to school.

I have two books that were published quite some time ago. I start to read about three sentences. I have to close it. I am so self-conscious. Who did I think I was?

When I'm 80 and sitting in a rocking chair listening to the Rolling Stones, there is absolutely no way I'm going to feel old or forget my younger days.

Reality is hard. It is no walk in the park, this thing called life.

I can't even remember how many times I tried to kill myself

When I don't know what the music is going to be for a scene, I imagine some sort of orchestration going on and damned if they don't usually come up with a similar kind of thing.