I believe all literature started as gossip.

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.

The soul will take that love and put it where it can best be used.

Liberals are more upset when a tree is chopped down than when a child is aborted.

Indeed in general I hold that there is nothing truer than happiness, and nothing happier and sweeter than truth.

I was an avid reader of futurists during the 1970s and '80s. They were so wrong - about everything.

Hollywood is a peculiar beast - people in Hollywood are nuts.

Our technology forces us to live mythically, but we continue to think fragmentarily, and on single, separate planes.

Thinking is more precious than all five senses.

Do you think Christianity could have lasted for nearly two thousand years on its promises unless the Lord could deliver on them?

But how do we even get to the land of the dead?” I asked. “I mean…without dying.

Yes, I adore the fact that girls like me.