I Haven't Tried To Buffer Myself. I

When You Try To Portray People's Lives, You Try To Make Sure You Don't Portray Them As Clowns And That You Give Them A Level Of Dignity. You Don't Try To Change Their Persona, But You Try To Understand That They Had Unique Problems, Set In A Century That You Don't Live.

Conventional Wisdom Can Get Us Into So Much Trouble, Especially As Artists.

We Really Don't Rest If We Think Our Kids Are Drifting, Or If We Think They Don't Have The Right Work Ethic. It Drives Us Crazy. Because We Ultimately Want Them To Succeed And, Until They Do, We Feel In Some Way That Something Is Not Complete.

I Can't Say I Really See Much Difference Between My Son And Daughters Except That My Girls Will Occasionally Make Me A Sandwich And My Son Won't.

It's Such A Cool Thing In Life To Get What It Is You Want. Most Of The Time We Don't, But Occasionally We Do.