You have to be able to laugh at yourself, to not take yourself too seriously.

Violence is not random; it follows predictable patterns that reflect underlying evolutionary logic.

I don't think President Bush is doing anything at all about Aids. In fact, I'm not sure he even knows how to spell Aids.

I've always been interested in the complexity of characters, the layers that make them human.

"The photograph is just the starting point. The painting is something else entirely."