As writers, we can't predict who might come along who might find our offerings valuable.

Sleep: a poor substitute for caffeine!

"The Fever" is a one-person play. I decided I would perform it myself, and I decided I would not perform it in theaters, because the character in the play says certain things that I meant.

In terms of number of movies, I've been in an extraordinary amount. If you count only the minutes I'm onscreen, it's not so long.

I have an enormous appetite to see life as I know it presented in front of my eyes.

I have been vain since birth. I expected other people to like what I did, although my vanity has definitely diminished over the years.

I grew up. I began to think the United States had some problems that really required the help of artistic people to solve. And I gave myself permission to be a writer instead of a civil servant.