I write from my imagination, not from what I've read in books or seen on TV or to make money. I wrote from an idea I was passionate about.

There is a divine moment in our lives when we all become one. It's called procreation, and it is reborn, continually and forever.

My favorite thing is to be alone in a room with a blank paper in front of me and the time to fill it.

A stage play requires very different craft from a book, fiction or otherwise, and ditto from a screenplay.

It helps to be able to be alone. 'Cuz writing is done alone, unless you collaborate, but I don't do that. Ask my ex-wife.

I am very abnormal... But it wasnt very long ago that I wasnt so abnormal. I was very normal and headed for a lifetime of paying medical bills as proof of my normalcy.

America is terrified of the passage of time. Prozac Nation. Land of Face Lifts.

It is all about marketing; that is where the real craft comes in. The best actors do not necessarily become the biggest stars. And vice versa.

I'm a classic example of what can happen if you follow your inner voice. I was cursed with interests and some talent in many different areas. It confuses people.

Children who cling to parents or who don't want to leave home are stunted in their emotional, psychological growth.

Change is good. And in fact unavoidable.

People aren't born sad.We make them that way.

Let's all be more humble about the evidence behind medical advice but also respect the challenges to providing accessible lifestyle guidance.

I've known Al Gore since he was born. He has been the best little boy, he was a boring child, and he has never done anything wrong.

The whole point of taking pictures is so that you don't have to explain things with words.

It's not a gift of mine, but one given to me, to be able to criticise myself and not be crushed, by myself or by others.

Now, if Mary has an egg cell, then Jesus gets 50 percent of his genetic make up from his mother. And if his mother is a child of Adam, she, too,is fallen so Jesus is not perfect.

I still think I am the greatest.

I'd love to do historical pictures more, but I don't know if I can.

Those who pray from the heart do not think about the prayer they are saying, but about the God to whom they pray.

Life is a wheel, and if you wait long enough, it always comes back around to where it started.