"I went to the University of Vermont because I had a kind of unrequited love for this high school girlfriend. She wasn't even at the University but at another school nearby. But I thought if went to a school near her, just maybe... I was really remedial about girls in so many ways."

"I kinda see my current position like this: Here's your five minutes in the toy store, so you gotta do all the good movies you can before 'Chuck Woolery' rings the bell."

"I like acting for myself as a director. I act and I know that I'll have a chance to have some say in what gets used and that I'll be able to give myself enough takes and be on the same page as myself about how the scene should play."

"I knew I had to get out of Boston and stop making movies there, at least for one movie, otherwise no one would ever consider me for a movie that took place south of Providence."

"He who reads widely and ponders deeply builds an unshakeable inner citadel. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The richness of existence is found in simple harmonies, not superfluous splendors. Remember this in moments of decisive trial — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Wisdom principle 56 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 85."

"Wisdom principle 96 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 47."