If you got the balls to follow something through, you can end up being the coolest, smartest guy in the room, because you've literally put your ass on the line.

Most of all I don't want to be bored. That's why I'd rather do something that has some sort of ambition, that risks failing, rather than make safer, more comfortable choices.

I think there's as much profundity and wisdom in Shakespeare, more so in fact, than those in the Bible.

I enjoy comedy but it can become wearisome.

Big comedy is good, I like things that are big, but good comedy has to be truthful I think and has to reflect some sort of reality.

What terrifies me is that I might somehow endorse that view so people think they don't have to read books anymore.

I love Sherlock Holmes. I've got all his books, leather-bound. What I thought was great about Sherlock Holmes was that not only was he a supersleuth, he was also a hard worker. Not only did he go out and solve the crimes, he came home and wrote it all down. Fantastic. That's why I admire him.