I can't imagine directing from someone else's script.

A reversal is just anything that's a surprise. It's a way of keeping the audience interested.

Everyone I know who used to be in the intelligence community is moving into the corporate world.

Ambiguity depletes as your budget rises.

I love the idea of spies in love. How would it work between two people who were so programmed to lie and be suspicious, who have a whole life based on pretence?

You have to know human behaviour … And the quality of your writing is absolutely capped at your understanding of human behaviour. You’ll never write above what you know about people.

The people in the Philippines are so extraordinarily nice.

No one can help you write. No one can teach you how to write.

Different people work different ways.

Fear changes everything. We're animals, and when we get afraid we act like animals. I'm not exempt from that.

I never really like it when other writers talk about coming in behind people and rewriting.

We were as big as the ocean, but as fragile as an ego.

Nothing can bring joy in your life except yourself.

I've woken up from dreams and the whole song is there. I'm listening to it in my dreams. I consciously have to wake myself up and get a tape recorder because I hear it like a record.

If you look at all aspects of all sports, everything comes down to basics and fundamentals.

I function better when my back is to the wall.

I came from a different world from other designers because I already had such a strong fan base that was interested in fashion. You have to give the little divas something.

On the occasion of every accident that befalls you, remember to turn to yourself and inquire what power you have for turning it to use.

What use is it for me to force my nature? / For my nature shall always remain / What it is and conquer what belongs to it, / However men may narrow its path.

If it weren’t for my horse, I wouldn’t have spent that year in college.

Are we ready to be Christians full-time, showing our commitment by word and deed?