I really detest movies like 'Indecent Proposal' and 'Pretty Woman' because they send a message to women that sleeping with a rich man is the ultimate goal and really that's such a small part of it.

I'm all over the place, and I consider myself a bit of a scrounger: 'What will I do next, so I'm not broke?'

We've all made mistakes that are similar in just trying to get by or make some money or feel good about ourselves.

I want to be so famous that drag queens will dress like me in parades when I'm dead.

Everybody says marriage is 'til death do you part - and I've been married 29 years - but a book is really 'til death do you part. Once you write it, it's out there.

I'm drawn to the romantic aspect of a character. It's human emotion. It's much more fun to watch. And it's much more fun to play.

If I were happy, married with six children, I wouldn't be writing. And I doubt if I should want to.

Ah, there's a director. Astonishing, Spike Lee. A feisty guy, but a guy who's, I think, incredibly misunderstood. I think people review his politics or his color as opposed to his filmmaking sometimes. Because he's a wonderful, wonderful filmmaker and a lover of the art.