I wouldn't be able to act like Al Pacino or play the piano like Dr. John, But I could probably act better than Dr. John and play the piano better than Al Pacino.

It's a basic truth of the human condition that everybody lies. The only variable is about what.

I am a coffee fanatic. Once you go to proper coffee, you can't go back. You cannot go back.

Screenwriting is the most prized of all the cinematic arts. Actually, it isn't, but it should be.

To be able to pretend to be something that I'm frankly not is very liberating and exciting.

I run six-to-eight miles a day, plus weights and aerobics in the lunch hour. I also lie a lot, which keeps me thin.

I think that’s the lesson you learn in life. As you get older you realize you’re never going to grow up and you’re never going to be ready. And you may, as well, do things now, don’t wait

Love is a word. A sound. Its association with a particular feeling is arbitrary, unmeasurable, and ultimately meaningless

There is almost no such thing as ready. There is only now.

Every day is the opportunity for a better tomorrow.

Girls are complicated. The instruction manual that comes with girls is 800 pages, with chapters 14, 19, 26 and 32 missing, and it's badly translated, hard to figure out.

Remember, though, that you are the king's observer, not the king's champion.

Competition in business is a blessing, for without it, we wouldn't be motivated to improve.

He searched for my gaze and the second he found it, I cracked a smile. “There it is.” He palmed his chest again and sighed. “All is right in the world again.

I lend people money, but I'd never lend something that would jeopardise a friendship if I didn't get it back.

Hate your next-door neighbor, but don't forget to say grace.

Every man who observes vigilantly, and resolves steadfastly, grows unconsciously into genius.

Often, the stories are very much like trust falls. You fall, and you hope the story's going to catch you.

There are dedicated actors and there are people now who only stay famous for putting on weight, losing it, then putting it on again.

Thou canst not pray to God without praying to Love, but mayest pray to Love without praying to God.

Success, which touches nothing that it does not vulgarize, should be its own reward.