All that stuff with the tabloids is a kind of luxury tax I pay for all the good things I do in my life.

I did one sci-fi movie. I did 'Gattaca.' I liked 'Gattaca' because that was always the kind of science fiction I really dug, the non-action oriented sci-fi.

Life's hard. It's supposed to be. If we didn't suffer, we'd never learn anything.

In New York, you've got Donald Trump, Woody Allen, a crack addict and a regular Joe, and they're all on the same subway car.

Read. It makes you more intelligent. It’s that simple. We all see the universe through the tiny keyhole of our own eyes, and every book is another keyhole from which you can gaze.

Success isn't measured by what you achieve, it's measured by the obstacles you overcome.

Don't you find it odd," she continued, "that when you're a kid, everyone, all the world, encourages you to follow your dreams. But when you're older, somehow they act offended if you even try.

I met a lot of famous people when I was about 24. And none of them seemed very appealing. And so I didn't know why I would struggle to be that kind of person.

There is no trick to writing a believable love story, a heartbreaking scene or real-sounding dialogue. All you need is to tell the truth. It’s always heartbreaking.

The older I get, the more I realize how rare it is to meet a kindred spirit.

I'm horrified to admit that I just love Salinger. I was devastated to find out that other people feel the same way.

And among many understandings and misunderstandings, Lany and Antony once again were victims of an illusory love...

Some homes need a hickory switch a good deal more than they do a piano.

. . . don't rewrite unless you know what you're trying to do.

Most of the people who write to me are really clever, really engaged. They just want to say that they have read my book and liked it.

The passion for doing music, the passion that I have for going out and playing it live - my love for country music is back.

The Gita has become for me the key to the scriptures of the world.

Every time I get in an elevator, the operator says the same thing to me: 'Basement?'

It would be superfluous to receive by faith, things that can be known by natural reason

She was drowning-in friendliness, in community-and she was starting to think she didn't want to get pulled out.

No being can make another one happy.