Acting has helped me understand people, not only because you are acting as a character, but also because you are watching other actors work. That really helps you identify in life when someone is acting, not being true.

You want to be a bit compulsive in your art or craft or whatever you do.

I used to think a wedding was a simple affair. Boy and girl meet, they fall in love, he buys a ring, she buys a dress, they say I do. I was wrong. That's getting married. A wedding is an entirely different proposition.

I don't think comic timing is the same as music timing, but I definitely find that I've learned from just writing in general that songs can be narrative without having a story.

I believe in eight of the ten commandments. I believe in going to church every Sunday... unless there's a game on.

It was easier to sell a painting that was not for sale.

You cannot make your opportunities concur with the opportunities of people whose incomes are ten times greater than yours.