There's a certain delusional quality that all successful people have to have. You have to believe that something different than what has happened for the last 50 million years of history - you have to believe that something different can happen.

I've never really viewed myself as particularly talented. I've viewed myself as slightly above average in talent.

Tommy Lee Jones is hilarious. I would say, if you look at the body of his work, the character he is most like is the one in 'The Fugitive.' That's how he talks and jokes. That is the type of energy he has.

Never lie to people, because the people you are able to lie to, are the people who trust you.

I can't run away when I'm scared. I always have to attack. That's how I deal with seemingly difficult things.

Why is life at this point in the twentieth century so focused upon the very beginning of life and the very end of life? What about the 80 years we have to live between those two inexorable bookends?

Sorry, I'm allergic to bullshit.