I choose parts because I don't want to be embarrassed when the movie comes out. What if my friends were to see the movie? What if my niece or nephew wandered into the theater and saw the movie? I don't want to be too ashamed of it.

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

Who says one instance of writing has anything in common with another instance?

I sincerely believe that if Bush and Cheney recognized the full humanity of other people's mothers around the world, they wouldn't commit the crimes they commit.

I'm a very lucky man. It's a beautiful thing for a writer, to see people allowing your words to enter their own unconscious and their souls.

In real life, every person is the leading man or woman. We don't think of ourselves as supporting or character actors.

I do things, and other people laugh at them. I rarely know what the joke is supposed to be or why they're laughing.