As a writer, I play with words all day long. I toy with them, listen for their overtones, crack them open, and try to stuff my thoughts inside..

If intellect plays a large part in the field of violence, I hold that it plays a larger part in the field of nonviolence..

The only reason you get drafted or even looked at by the NFL is because they believe you can play at the next level ... if they believe I can do that….

The great mystery isn't that people do things badly but that they occasionally do a few things well. The only thing that is universal is incompetence….

We play the music we want to play and we play the places we want to play. I'd hate to be on the usual record company where you get an album out and y….

The day I think about throwing the ball away at the beginning of a play, I should stop playing..

To be honest with you, I (would) much rather play basketball and not be famous..

It's easy to actually get the ink on the page, but somehow I've gotta find a way to play this. And I have to find a way to emotionally survive playin….

Why do you have to use me to show off? If you want to show off, then why don't you learn to play chess." - Ch. 5.

If the playwright knew every little thing about his play, why bother? There must be discovery all the time, otherwise why bother to do it?.

I always think the great parts outlive the actors that play them and that's a stage tradition, that goes back hundreds of years and it should be that….

It's wonderful to read interviews by old blues guys - they talk about all their influences, they talk about who taught them how to play, and who they….

I worked at an ice cream parlor called Chadwicks. We wore old-timey outfits and had to bang a drum, play a kazoo, and sing 'Happy Birthday' to people….

I try to pick music for a diner that doesnt involve a lot of lyrics, so you're not paying attention to that. As long as it doesnt dominate the party,….

Despite being in showbiz, I have a very real approach to my life. It plays off with my social life..

I love cop shows and crime books and thrillers, and before I die I'm gonna play a cop..

You can play anyone if you're open enough. It's a form of possession. Each time you work on something, you allow yourself to be possessed by creating….

If there are no films or plays of interest to me, I don't go. I know how to go to a museum or a library or pick up a good magazine or I can watch the….

I like to play unattractive people who think they're pretty. You can do what you want, but I prefer to look interesting..

I can play a lot of different instruments adequately but nothing really well..

Billy Joel and Joe Jackson were both great, and they both play piano..