There are so many opportunities that I could've gotten before if I had just took a little more of a risk.

As a writer, the worst thing you can do is work in an environment of fear of rejection.

I suddenly had this really mad desire to have an affair with a woman. I was divorced. I was childless. I figured there's got to be one more way to really tick off my mom.

Time flies, though, huh? But I feel young. And do you know how I stay feeling young, ladies and gentlemen? I'll share my secret with you: I live in a senior citizen retirement community.

I'm not into working out. My philosophy: No pain, no pain.

I was over there in Hawaii. I was there on the big island. The 'Big Island' - that name cracks me up. First of all, it's not that big, so I'm pretty sure a guy came up with that name.

They're all sources of material. What I love about what I do, the more you talk about your life, there are so many people who have similar experiences.

All my other relationships with men, there was so much maneuvering and strategic decisions and stuff.

Women, stop buying the lingerie. Stop buying it right now. Oh, it's a big rip off. Oh my god, $18 bucks for panties this big? Come on, one trip through the dryer, and it's a frilly bookmark.

Just be your authentic self because there's nothing sexier or more beautiful than that.

I'm not afraid of putting myself out there to someone and then them passing on it. At least you could have gotten a 'yes.' So it's worthwhile to have the cojones to do it.

I will find you.In the farthest corner, I will find you.

Curran looked back at me. "Why is it you always attract creeps?""You tell me." Ha! Walked right into that one, yes, he did.

Faith, prayer, and the Word of God are the weapons God provides you with to fight spiritual battles.

I'd rather hurt than feel nothing at all.

Anybody who knows how to make a good movie, knows that it's a collaborative undertaking. To deny that its really dangerous.

But I think humans are innately religious as a species, so you don't need a specific excuse for examining the perversely unholy.

The artist begins with a vision - a creative operation requiring an effort.

There are as many jealousies in life as there are different flowers or trees or animals.

Life is not a journey you want to make on autopilot.

Each must drain His share of pleasure, share of pain.