All I can say is what I've always said: If you break your leg, stop thinking about dancing and start decorating the cast.

We buy books because we believe we're buying the time to read them.

I saw a Werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand

Enjoy every sandwich.

I'm very well acquainted with the seven deadly sins, I keep a busy schedule trying to fit them in.

They say love conquers all You can't start it like a car You can't stop it with a gun.

If you won't leave me, I'll find someone who will.

There's nothing romantic, nothing grand, nothing heroic, nothing brave, nothing like that about drinking. It's a real coward's death.

When I was young, times were hard. When I got older it was worse.

I wrote my songs despite the fact that I was a drunk, not because of it.

Glenn Gould was my hero. Glenn Gould was my idol. I loved him.

Do not compete with anyone.

[G]ive nothing centrality, because writing is about continually shifting weight from one thing and moment to the other.

Human freedom involves our capacity to pause, to choose the one response toward which we wish to throw our weight.

Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them.

The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to represent life.

Virtue and sense are one; and, trust me, still A faithless heart betrays the head unsound.

I really admire visual storytelling that shows you what's happening, instead of tells you what's happening. I think it really forces the filmmaking to be very clear.

Of all the things of a man's soul which he has within him, justice is the greatest good and injustice the greatest evil.

True genius sees with the eyes of a child and thinks with the brain of a genie

If you feel like loving me, if you've got the notion, I second that emotion.