Most action is based on redemption and revenge, and that's a formula. Moby Dick was formula. It's how you get to the conclusion that makes it interesting.

I've been involved in something which was chaotic and insane. All I can say now is that I am, and intend to stay, a single man.

In fact, every day I'll read a chapter of some art book. I don't know why. It's just a habit.

When I was a kid, my mother used to feed me mashed-potato sandwiches, brussel sprout sandwiches; my brain cells were starving from lack of food. I'll eat anything. I'll eat dirt.

Don't be gullible, use life before it uses you. Understand there are no free lunches, and for every action you take, there's a reaction.

In this day and age, if you're aspiring to be an actor, and you're putting all your eggs in one basket, you could be disappointed. I started out as an actor, but I forced myself to be a writer, even though I wasn't very good at it and had never written. I don't think I ever passed an English course in my life. My first 8 to 10 scripts were pretty horrendous, but I stayed at it until I eventually found a voice and a subject that people were interested in. So, I recommend that you go out and try to be as versatile as possible: writer, actor, producer and especially director.

Painting is as close as a person can get to actually capturing the heat of the moment.