I think we're all mysteries to ourselves.

My fear now is of cliche, of complacency, of not being able to feel authenticity in myself and those around me.

There's a lot of skeletons in my closet!

I generally play strong people and scary people.

People have said unkind things and you kind of have to, if you happen to read it, you have to just, you know, move on.

I lived in Texas for 10 years. There were a lot of people chewing, including my dad.

The writer should always serve as his own angleworm —and the sharper the barb with which he fishes himself out of blackness, the better.

I've never had any delusions about being a leading man, and it's not sour grapes to say that in the best films that I've always enjoyed, the cliched leading man type isn't a part of the picture.

Motive is never easy. Sometimes it occurs to one only later.

You never really forget who you are. If you did, you'd need to seek some professional help

I have to be careful of what TV shows I choose, particularly ones that have commercials in them, because it's going to be a different kind of television show.

It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you.

Divorce lawyers stoke anger and fear in their clients, knowing that as long as the conflicts remain unresolved the revenue stream will keep flowing.

In the end, it doesn't matter how much you earned, but how much you gave away with love.

You are only responsible for the effort, not the outcome.

I walked up the stairs and hesitated at the open door.

Take risks. You can't fall off the bottom.

I love being in public places, but I can't stand long, drawn-out music festivals.

The neurotic feels as though trapped in a gas-filled room where at any moment someone, probably himself, will strike a match.

He who busies himself in mean occupations, produces in the very pains he takes about things of little or no use, an evidence against himself of his negligence and indisposition to what is really good

Receive a guest with the same attitude you have when alone. When alone, maintain the same attitude you have in receiving guests.