A peacefulness follows any decision even the wrong one.

About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all.

The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.

Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.

Normal is the average of deviance.

You sell a screenplay like you sell a car. If someone drives it off a cliff, that's it.

One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.

Leroy bet me I couldn't find a pot of gold at the end, and I told him that was a stupid bet because the rainbow was enough.

I still miss those I loved who are no longer with me but I find I am grateful for having loved them. The gratitude has finally conquered the loss.

While the angels, all pallid and wan, Uprising, unveiling, affirm That the play is the tragedy, "Man", And its hero the Conqueror Worm.

When I got [my] library card, that was when my life began.

I hate you!''That's good. Hate is a passionate emotion.

She was widely read enough to appreciate my literary wit but not so widely read that she knew my sources. I like that in a woman.

We're allowed to explore the world at large on these things; the urban-legend aspect of it is just kind of an excuse.

I love having music just to chill to and also to rev me up a bit.

I smoke a cigar or two a day. I did have a brownie once. It made me sleepy.

Riches may enable us to confer favors, but to confer them with propriety and grace requires a something that riches cannot give.

Anytime odds get stacked up against me, I feel like it's in me to beat it

I have a house in Stratford and I got a house in Atlanta but I don't really live anywhere--I live on the road. I'm kind of like living in a suitcase, travelling so much.

There was never anything that did not proceed from a thought.

Jesus tells you exactly how to get it. Put your money in missions-and in your church and the poor-and your heart will follow.