Only a generation of readers will span a generation of writers.

When my children were born, I made the choice I wanted them to be raised as Jews and to have a Jewish education.

It all starts with the script: it's not worth taking myself away from my family if I don't have something I'm really passionate about.

My problem is that my imagination won't turn off. I wake up so excited I can't eat breakfast. I've never run out of energy. It's not like OPEC oil; I don't worry about a premium going on my energy. It's just always been there. I got it from my mom.

Everybody loves a winner, but nobody loves a winner.

Unprotected sex just feels better in a Waffle House bathroom.

I get very, very anxious on the set. I have a thousand ideas and I don't censor myself. I wind up cutting some of them out in the editing room... I shoot [needless footage] and then don't use later on in the process.