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Someone asked me, 'How long do you intend to do 'Deadwood'?' And part of my sociopathology, I say, 'Well, when does my contract run out?' And I realize my contract ran out at the end of four seasons.
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My relationship with the track was, I would say, at least fractionally as complicated as my relationship with my old man. So it kept me coming back.
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So much of what we do is shame-based, and when you're teaching, you have the opportunity to answer to the best parts of your nature, so I'm always grateful for that chance.
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Humility has to do with trying to be a vessel of purposes you're content to understand as not your own.
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The kind of flinching from any form of art or experience that PETA seems to advocate is ultimately life-hating.
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It's kind of an intuitive process. I wish that it were more systematic, but it just isn't.
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When someone is good at what he does but is a nonconformist, there is a temptation in horse racing, like in all kinds of other areas of human endeavor, to dismiss him for his nonconformity rather than to recognize him for his excellence.
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Faulkner wrote for film, and his ear is just impeccable.