I can be glib and truthful all at once.

People who imagine themselves to be self-made seldom enjoy examining the process of manufacture in detail.

I think it would be harder for me not to write comedy because the comic view of things is the one that comes most naturally to me.

I'm delighted by how Nobody's Fool turned out. It was a rare movie.

Where was the middle ground between a sense of adventure and just plain sense?

You just kind of have faith. If that sounds kind of mystical, it's because I really don't know how it works, but I trust that it does. I try to write the way I read, in order to find out what happens next.

And there comes a time in your life when you realize that if you don't take the opportunity to be happy, you may never get another chance again.