You know I respect what Howard Dean has been able to do. It's good for our party. But I've got to tell you this: If money alone decided presidential nominations Phil Gramm would have been nominated in '96.

As a chef you need to respect your guests and their needs. If they decide that they want to eat certain things and not eat others if for religious reasons or just decide they don't want to eat certain ingredients you have to respect that.

I think that we are at a point in our country where we're trying to decide what role should religion play in the political arena.

I decided to take God and organized religion seriously and to reject the secular life which in my teens had looked attractive because it allowed me to act in any way that I wanted.

If you are part of a religion that very strongly insists that you believe then to decide not to do that is quite a big hurdle to jump over. You never forget the thought process you went through. It becomes part of your whole intellectual picture.

I think our relationship with Epic had run its natural course and it happened to coincide with the fulfillment of our contract. We decided not to resign with them.

Having had that experience... I think what modern culture wants to see is the relationship with the woman. I don't think you can tell a story on film nowadays where the woman simply is there for the man when he decides to settle down.

No agent wants to see a book until he or she has decided whether to pursue the relationship.

It's like a garden: Whatever you water the most will do the best. At some point you decide whether you'll water your career or your relationship more.

But when I first got cancer after the initial shock and the fear and paranoia and crying and all that goes with cancer - that word means to most people ultimate death - I decided to see what I could do to take that negative and use it in a positive way.