"For me, growing up, the downside of it was that as a kid you don't want to stand out. You don't want to have a famous father let alone get a job because of your famous father, you know? But I'm a product of nepotism. That's how I got my foot in the door, through my dad."

"Well, I'm not a big sports fan."

"A large part of acting is just pretending. You get to work with these other great make-believers, all making believe as hard as they can."

"I think my love of journalizing my life comes from my mom."

"When you master your attention, you master your entire perception of reality. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon."

"'Constitutional' is just a real pip of a word. Positively rolls off the tongue. In fact, it's downright fun to say. 'Con-stit-too-shun-al.' It's the verbal equivalent of skipping down the street with an ice cream cone in your hand. It's like a semantic bag of Lays potato chips. You simply can't just say it once."

"It is a radiant truth that courage is not the absence of trembling, but the decision to step forward regardless."

"I don't know much about creative writing programs. But they're not telling the truth if they don't teach, one, that writing is hard work, and, two, that you have to give up a great deal of life, your personal life, to be a writer."