The best contraceptive is the word no - repeated frequently.
A lot of these industries are having difficulty finding reliable workers with the skills they require.
Mentally and physically, I find I can play with these people.
The most original thing a writer can do is write like himself. It is also his most difficult task.
Life is a tide; float on it. Go down with it and go up with it, but be detached. Then it is not difficult.
Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes.
We have no such weapons at all, no chemical weapons, no biological weapons.
If you're in a bad situation, don't worry it'll change. If you're in a good situation, don't worry it'll change.
A woman may have a witty tongue or a stinging pen but she will never laugh at her own individual shortcomings.
I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks.
The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it.
The world is before you and you need not take it or leave it as it was when you came in.
It's never easy to write a song. It's the most difficult thing I do.
It's really fun to act like a bimbo. But it's fun to act like a bimbo only when people know that you really aren't one.
I'm just writing songs about how I feel or about how people I know feel.
I decided to run for governor because I got mad... I want to make government more directly accountable to the people.
I've auctioned off many scripts and will continue to do so for good causes.
I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.
I think I'm drawn to writing about something which feels intense and important.
How many chances to you get to make a musical about a serial killer? The minute Tim Burton approached me, I was in.