I love art more than anything in the world except for my family.

I was an ambitious child and I tended to be scatterbrained. If I was at school and saw a bird outside the window I wanted to follow it. I was adventurous.

Gangster is the truest friend I can ever ask for.

With writing, I think you have to be honest with yourself. I have a certain kind of writing; that is, I like to really embellish the human spirit. You have to write about something you have a feel for.

I realized, the older I get, the more difficult life becomes. It's not easier, it's more difficult.

I never quite understood these actors - though I envy them sometimes - who can lie out for a year or two. I feel as though time is a real pressing issue, and I want to get as much work done in the time that I have left.

You cannot train yourself. I feel the same way about Christianity and about what the church is: The church is the gym of the soul.