I'll work by myself for years and then I'll think it'll be fun to et one of my friends like Marshall Brickman or Doug McGrath into a room and not be alone for the writing of the thing; to have the pleasure of taking walks and get lunch together; its sort of a fun process and then I do it and then I get back on my own for a while until I feel the need to do it again.

I have no idea what I am doing but incompetence has never prevented me from plunging in with enthusiasm.

In a relationship, it is better to be the leaver than the leavee.

To you I'm an atheist; to God, I'm the Loyal Opposition.

It's funny. Maria Elena and I, we are meant for each other and not meant for each other, it's a contradiction.

I've had bad luck in my two previous marriages. The first wife left me, and the second did not. ­

In fact, when they wake up in the morning, they're Jack Nicholson or Robert De Niro or Josh Brolin. And it's built-in, but they think it's all this other stuff. But it's not. They'd be great if they didn't think about their part or if they did think about it.