Arithmetic is the death of story.

Nothing was truly unbearable if you had something to read.

Just start the sentence...and see what happens. This is how we write.

...(W)here there's drama, there's crap.

(N)ot writing was hard work, almost as hard as writing.

All plots are cliche.

(T)hey were at ease with each other, which was essential to a productive workshop.

Carla was wearing a No Fear sweatshirt. You are too old, Amy wanted to tell her, for legible clothing.

I'm afraid that if we move on to such topics, I won't be able to let you go safe and sound.

Screw your courage to the sticking-place

The pain is kind of challenge your mind presents - will you learn how to focus and move past boredom, or like a child will you succumb to the need for immediate pleasure and distraction?

When you've attained to your hidden within your apparent vice versa, know that you have reached Eternal Time, and Divine Presence. The Communion is in the Breath.

Whether you work outside the home or not, never tell them [your children] that being a mommy is your 'job.' Being a mommy is a relationship, not a profession.

Talk about your failures without apologizing.

World War Z is out today. The big zombie movie. The trailer looks scary. You see hordes of bodies climbing and rolling over each other. It's like Black Friday at the mall.

Here in Florida the seasons move in and out like nuns in soft clothing, making no rustle in their passing.

When you're on a show for five years, everyone becomes friends. It's great.

I hope to build a house with my films. Some of them are the cellar, some are the walls, and some are the windows. But I hope in time there will be a house.