If You Ever Got Me, You Wouldn't

I Know That As A Very Young Child, I Was Afraid Of Death. Many Children Become Aware Of The Notion Of Death Early And It Can Be A Very Troubling Thing. We're All In This Continuum: I'm This Age Now, And If I Live Long Enough I'll Be That Age. I Was 20 Once, I Was 10, I Was 4. People Who Are 20 Now Will Be 50 One Day. They Don't Know That! They Know It In The Abstract, But They Don't Know It. I'd Like Them To Know It, Because I Think It Gives You Compassion.

It's Good When Someone Comes To A Book Or A Movie And Interacts With It. It's The Difference Between An Illustration And A Painting. An Illustration Serves A Specific Purpose, And A Painting Is Something You Can Immerse Yourself In.

There's Theater In Life, Obviously, And There's Life In Theater.

The Only Honest And Generous Thing For Me To Do Is To Give People Myself. That's All I've Got As An Artist, So I Want To Do That In An Unflinching Way.

The Passionate Ones, The Ones Who Go After What They Want, May Not Get What They Want, But They Remain Vital, In Touch With Themselves, And When They Lie On Their Deathbeds, They Have Few Regrets.