I can get lazy. I don't think I'm a very driven person. When I have work, I work very hard. But when I don't work, I really don't do anything. I could easily just fade away.

If we were meant to read for enjoyment, would God have created television? Read as it was intended - for exercise. The more you read, the more you expand your - what's the word I'm looking for? - your stockpile of words. You must have a stockpile of words that you can pass along to your children for their stockpile.

Reading a book, watching a movie, going to a play, it's transporting, and very, very exciting. And to be a part of that, creating things with your imagination, whoa.

The best food is in Chicago. There are great restaurants everywhere, from fancy places to burger joints.

You know, what's funny to one person is not at all to someone else.

One person with the ability of half a person doing the work of four people.

I love my wife dearly, and, therefore, I've never cooked a meal, romantic or otherwise, for her.