The space genre is timeless.

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.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many-not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some.

That world is growing in this minute.

I never even went to high school because I went straight from middle school into the music business. I don't really know what it is supposed to be like.

History may be accurate. But archaeology is precise.

I am not such an egotist as to believe that God has spared me because I am I. I believe there is work for me to do and that I am spared to do it, just as you are.

By the grace of God, we won the Cold War.

There's a lot of people out there who didn't like my style of comedy.

To achieve longevity you will have cycles. No one gets there in one straight shot.

As far as I'm concerned I've never had a problem with anybody, no rivalry.

The spirit of a person's life is ever shedding some power, just as a flower is steadily bestowing fragrance upon the air.