You have to have something to put your work in otherwise it's not valid.

I felt the need to tell stories to understand myself..

I can't stop terrorism; I can't cure cancer. But I can put some stories out there in their own quiet way that talk about tolerance..

Can individual psychic wounds really heal in an abusive and fragmented society? Audre Lorde has a poem which begins, "What do we want from each other….

I'm just singing about my own life. Singing about all the little stories in my life and the things I've been through..

It is never, never too late, in a story or in real life, to correct..

Parenthood offers many lessons in patience and sacrifice. But ultimately, it is a lesson in humility. The very best thing about your life is a short ….

And to all others in this story profound shooms of lip music brrrrrr. And they can kiss my sharries..

Because we fail to listen to each other's stories, we are becoming a fragmented human race..

The life we receive is not always what we choose..

To be known for one's saddest story is not the road to notoriety anyone would willingly choose..

One of the things that's great is that Batman is a character that lends himself to very personal stories..

One of the key qualities of all stories is that they are made to be shared..

Sports remain a great metaphor for life's more difficult lessons. It was through athletics that many of us first came to understand that fear can be ….

Don't talk yourself into not being you..

As an actor, you know when you've got great material in front of you. When you're working, you think, 'Is this the one? The one that everyone will re….

When I returned to short stories, I'd started working on what is still central to much of what I try to do: putting myself in the place of the alien ….

I actually do like traveling..

I am definitely a worrier..

The idea that the story is true is more important than being able to prove that it's true..

You can't really be too calculated about everything in life..