Dogs just need you and love, that's all.

It's exciting to take control of your future instead of waiting for the phone to ring.

I always cry at weddings, they're beautiful, and I'm always moved.

As an actor, I've always been interested in making sure I can perform the role and the lines in the way the writer intended.

My mom and my stepdad are both therapists.

The hardest thing is never what you think it's going to be.

I'm always amazed that if you pick up a script of something you played years ago, it all comes back so quickly. Even in your body, you remember your blocking and how it felt.

I think we all learn by doing rather than thinking about doing.

The saddest and strangest part of Hollywood to me is the fact that millions of dollars are spent on developing works that never get made. It doesn't make any sense to me. I don't understand it.

Don't be too afraid of failure to learn what you need to learn.

I think film is collaboration, and I always want to hear everyone's input.

To be motivated to write a novel, I need to be unable not to write.

What happens in the dark should not be brought to light.

There is no fundamental difference between the preparation for death and the practice of dying, and spiritual practice leading to enlightenment.

We must break problems down into small, digestible bits. We must define the concepts that we use and explain what components they consist of. We must tackle small problems.

Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this - no dog exchanges bones with another.

I had an indie pop phase, I had just about every phase you could think of.

As a kid, I really wanted to have my own show. But when you grow up in poverty, people tell you nothing is possible. So I kind of gave up on that dream.

Let us draw the curtain of charity over the rest of this scene

That is the wonderful ecological mind that Gregory Bateson talks about - the patterns that connect, the stories that inform and inspire us and teach us what is possible

I don't yet know what style will be required for my next novel, but my sense is that each book will involve a new relationship to language.