I begin to feel like I was in the last generation of Americans who took a civics class. I begin to feel like most Americans don't understand the First Amendment, don't understand the idea of freedom of speech, and don't understand that it's the responsibility of the citizen to speak out.

I believe that if, at the end, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do.

Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you.

A lot of first novels are written long before they're actually put down on paper.

[Marlon] Brando was the only guy who could step out of that shadow at the end of that movie and be worth the wait.

I am not a believer, not an atheist, not an agnostic. I am still awake at night, asking how? I am more content with the question than I would be with an answer.

Nobody looks perfect. We have to find peace with the way we look and get on with life.