I think I might have been a more interesting actor, had more of a career earlier on, if I had more formal preparation. When I see something ten years later that I was in I think, 'Boy, would I love to do that over.'
The great thing about being a writer is that you have a long, perhaps frighteningly long time in which to do your work.
The Lord taught me to love everybody, but the last ones I learned to love were the sportswriters.