A play gets on Broadway by fluke. And you don't even start out with that ambition. When I do a play, the intention is just to put it up somewhere.

I appreciate people who are civil, whether they mean it or not. I think: Be civil. Do not cherish your opinion over my feelings. There's a vanity to candor that isn't really worth it. Be kind.

The ocean is interacting with the surface. There is a possible biosphere that extends from way below the surface to just above the crust.

But you don't have your druthers in life, do you?

The world requires me to re-write its wretched dialogue!

I decide a book is bad if I get angrier and angrier as I read it.

Social media can be dangerous. People hide behind their computers and write negative things, so I like to keep it about communicating with my fans.

The strength of the donkey mind lies in adopting a course inversely as the arguments urged, which, well considered, requires as great a mental force as the direct sequence.

I hate therefore I am...

The thing that bugs me is the average woman's complete ignorance of the functional purpose of cosmetics, which is to supplement, not conceal.

Opposition to a man in love is like oil to fire.

Perhaps to some extent we have lost sight of the fact that LSD can be very, very helpful in our society if used properly.

If the reviews hurt they're probably right on some level.

Nature has given us the seeds of knowledge, not knowledge itself.

The mouth obeys poorly when the heart murmurs.