Every single person in jail for a violent crime had a nightmare childhood.
Everybody talks about wanting to change things and help and fix, but ultimately all you can do is fix yourself. And that's a lot. Because if you can fix yourself, it has a ripple effect.
I actually love Stephen King's writing. I mean, we, actually, at Castle Rock, we've made seven movies out of Stephen King books.
I don't think anybody's all good or all bad.
I like writing because you can make things happen and turn out the way they never do in real life.
I think it is over-rated. Whenever I go to an Italian restaurant, I never get the tiramisu.
I think Jews are the smartest people in the world.
If you are a creative person, you try to create things that are an extension of yourself.
If you have tapped into something that is real for you, chances are you are going to tap into something that is real for someone else.
It's a very slow process - two steps forward, one step back - but I'm inching in the right direction.
Martin Scorsese is one of the great filmmakers of all time.
People can be ignorant and still have loving, human qualities.
To me, acting is like a party. It's like a fun thing to do. You don't have to worry. You don't have to agonize about anything.
We agreed that we cannot let personal political attacks get in the way of doing the very best we can for California's children.
You have to give people the pleasure of giving you.