“I could walk and swim at 10 months old.”

New York and New Jersey are probably two of my favorite places to get really good surf in the summertime.

Surfboards were everywhere. When I got my first new board, I was probably in kindergarten.

If you’re away from your house for a month, by the time you come back there’s someone else living in it.

… it occurred to me that never again would he be seven years, one month and six days old, so we had better catch these moments while we can.

When I do a play, it’s like agreeing to be ill for a couple of months.

Research is a lifelong occupation so it’s hard to factor it in, but I reckon most books take 5 months from start to finish.

Always make sure you have your rent. At the end of the month, if you have to eat Ramen for a week because you won’t have your rent money.

I felt like I was homeless anyway, so the change in environment wasn’t that much of a big deal. I felt pretty much the same. After six months of living on the streets [in Camden], I started singing, busking.

I lived in Paris for six months when I was sixteen. It was a fend-for-yourself environment.

The risk that the economy has entered a substantial downturn appears to have diminished over the past month or so.