There's No Way To Escape The Fact

I Believe In My Mask-- The Man I Made Up Is Me I Believe In My Dance-- And My Destiny

I Don't Get Offered Leading Parts. I Suppose I've Become A Kind Of Character Actor Or Sideman. I Think It Had To Do With Probably In The '90s, I Refused So Many Leading Roles That They Gave Up On Me, Or I Just Became Unpopular, Or I Became Old. All Those Reasons.

When You're Looking For Someone, You're Looking For Some Aspect Of Yourself, Even If You Don't Know It ... What We're Searching For Is What We Lack.

The California I Knew, Old Rancho California, Is Gone. It Just Doesn't Exist, Except Maybe In Little Pockets. I Lived On The Edge Of The Mojave Desert, An Area That Used To Be Farm Country. There Were All These Fresh-produce Stands With Avocados And Date Palms. You Could Get A Dozen Artichokes For A Buck Or Something. Totally Wiped Out Now.

I Feel Very Lucky And Privileged To Be A Writer. I Feel Lucky In The Sense That I Can Branch Out Into Prose And Tell Different Kinds Of Stories And Stuff. But Being A Writer Is So Great Because Youre Literally Not Dependent On Anybody.