I write from the same place I parent, and since becoming a single parent, I have found it difficult, if not impossible, to write anything of length.

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.

Smart ones learn from their mistakes, wise ones learn from their and others mistakes

Do not know yourself. I want to continue to surprise me.

The whole difficulty of understanding Hell is that the thing to be understood is so nearly nothing.

A female Dalai Lama must be very attractive, otherwise not much use.

CBS News finally received anthrax in the mail. As usual, we're number three.

He's one of the biggest whingers in world football... he's a bloody eejit.

O suns and skies and clouds of June, and flowers of June together. Ye cannot rival for one hour October's bright blue weather.

There is not past, no future; everything flows in an eternal present.

A girl expecting rescue never learns to save herself. Even with the means, she will find her courage wanting.

Fredrick Buechner kind of loosened up my clerical collar, you might say.