I always have to presume that each movie is my last movie because I never know if I'll get money again.

I can't please everybody and I don't try to. If I can please myself that's enough. For the rest, I just hope for the best.

For me, New Jersey is kind of a mythical place. It's emblematic of a certain aspect of American life. Florida is the same way. It's where people go to recreate, to reinvent themselves. It's what California used to be. I think Florida is still a place to erase the past.

But anonymity is very important to me, and I don't want to be recognized in public more than I already am.

Like everything, what compels one to put pen to paper is a great question.

Art has a smaller audience than, say, movies or other forms of mass consumption. But that doesn't mean the work doesn't have an impact in a way that transcends just a few cultural arbiters.

The ability to take pleasure in one's life is a skill and is a kind of intelligence.