Sobriety was the greatest gift I ever gave myself.

The fact is, I have a great home and I like to have people come up. I meet enough people just doing my grocery shopping; I don't need to go out and meet any more people.

It's easy to live in a fantasy world, and that's why I refuse to live in an isolated environment.

Everybody is God. Everybody is the devil. And if you don't realize you have both parts, that's what really causes problems.

I think that in today's world the right to privacy and freedom of the press are set on a collision course.

At the time, The Hotel New Hampshire was John Irving's favorite adaptation of his work, which meant a lot to all of us who worked on that movie.It's amazing to me that that was a studio movie. That was a summer studio release! If that doesn't tell you how much the business has changed, nothing will.

You show me someone who's led a perfect life and I'll show you a dullard.