You care so much for that special person because it feels like that person is part of you.

Relatable escapism can only be achieved using facets of the real world.

Maybe I’m not the Boy Scout you think I am.

If your paramount concern in life is to make sure everyone likes and approves of you, I’m sorry to say you’re going to find yourself running in circles for the rest of your life.

Language is also a place of struggle.

If we have optimism without empathy then it doesn't matter how much we master the secrets of science. We're not really solving problems, we're just working on puzzles.

Every play is so important. It's a record of what life was like at the time you wrote that play or that book.

Against my protests a mausoleum was built on the Red Square, a monument unbecoming and offensive to the revolutionary consciousness.

It means the world to me to represent the Hispanic community.

The difference between an author and a horse is that the horse doesn't understand the horse dealer's language.

And for him [Kurt Cobain] to do that [suicide] - I didn't like that. I thought that was just wrong. It just sent a bad message to a troubled generation.