I Like Things That Are Civilized.

Cigarettes Are An Instant Signifier In Culture. It Punctuates A Joke, Or Puts That Extra Zing On A Punch Line. I Like Them As A Prop. I Think It Can Be Really Useful For Character And Texture And Contrast And All Of That.

Once When We Were Fifteen, River (phoenix) And I Went Out For This Fancy Dinner In Manhattan And I Ordered Soft-shell Crabs. He Left The Restaurant And Walked Around On Park Avenue, Crying. I Went Out And Said, "i Love You So Much. Why?" He Had Such A Pain That I Was Eating An Animal, That He Hadn't Impressed On Me What Was Right. I Loved Him For That. For His Dramatic Desire That We Share Every Belief, That I Be With Him All The Way

It's Easier To Lecture Women On Sexual Morality Than It Is To Explain Why All Americans Shouldn't Have Comprehensive, Fair, And Equal Health Care Coverage.

Independent Film Is Not Only An Oxymoron; It Doesn't Exist Anymore.

I've Been Doing Old-people Things Since I Was A Child.