I've never been the guy who's like, 'I take it home with me.'

Fame is something I think happens as a result of trying to do good work. If you're trying to be famous, your work usually suffers.

I love New York. It's kind of perfect. I'm in New York part of the time and in L.A. part of the time. That's always been a goal, to be bicoastal in a real way.

I think we need to tell stories that reflect our world.

I did Chekhov's Three Sisters once. Two months in, I remember going, "Human beings shouldn't be forced to do or watch this play every night." It's so dark and so bottomless.

Normally when you're promoting something a lot, sometimes you get tired.

Though there is something cruel about being in Hawaii and you have a computer in front of you the whole time.

I always go to bed thinking I'm the luckiest guy in the world.

There's a logic to dreams that doesn't necessarily follow linear narrative. You don't know why things happen, it's your subconscious pushing you, to give you information.

Unless you hit your television with a sledgehammer, you're not going to be able to be an individual.

I've always been pretty happy with my style. I've been wearing tapered jeans since 1980 something.

Either we shall find what it is we are seeking or at least we shall free ourselves from the persuasion that we know what we do not know.

A thousand time knocked down by life

If special honor is claimed for any, then heresy should have it as the truest servitor of human kind.

If you have to give a carnival to get people to come to church, then you will have to keep giving carnivals to keep them coming back.

I admire certain priests and nuns who go off on their own and do God's work on their own, who help in the ghettos, but as far as the institution of the church is concerned, I think it is despicable.

An indictment is not a conviction.

I've put everything I had and I've given my readers 120 percent, and that's the truth.

The real platform for religion is based on the concepts of compassion, respect and consideration, not just for human beings, but for all forms of life.

Thank God for giving you this world as a moral gymnasium to help your development, but never imagine you can help the world.

I like to go to the airport looking stylish - you never know who youll run into. Sometimes I have fans at the airports. I never want to be bummy looking.