"I have to work really hard, eight shows a week, to get a nice check as an actor. But when I write a play, and it's a - knock wood - hit, the checks come in for many years."

"I burned out on AIDS and did no AIDS work for a couple of years. I was so angry that people were still getting this disease that nobody can give you - you have to go out and get it!"

"You know, I always got offered other stuff. Not the romantic leads, obviously. But very often it's a role that's underwritten, where the character has no personality at all. And they need a character actor who can fill it in."

"I got a lovely check today from being a writer that I earned by sitting at home. That's rewarding."

"It is a humble truth that in the quiet sanctuary of self-reflection, the soul finds its rhythm — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Wisdom principle 91 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 57."

"As a dad I'm emotionally dedicated but I'm not 'figuring out their life plans'. But of course as I'm telling them about the rights of wrongs I'm thinking back to what I was like at their age."

"If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you."