I don't hold myself dictated to by what everyone is saying, by the tabloids or popular opinion. I don't like bourgeois values. I say you find your own way to live.

There comes a time when you realize that everything is a dream, and only those things preserved in writing have any possibility of being real.

Love must wait; it must break one’s bones.

Women fall in love when they get to know you. Men are just the opposite. When they finally know you they're ready to leave

Sometimes you are aware when your great moments are happening, and sometimes they rise from the past. Perhaps it's the same with people.

I'm a frotteur, someone who likes to rub words in his hand, to turn them around and feel them, to wonder if that really is the best word possible.

I deem as heroic those who have the harder task, face it unflinchingly and live. In this world women do that.

Dresscodes are for styleless people.

Hope but not enthusiasm is the proper state for the writer.

What is the ultimate impulse to write? Because all this is going to vanish.

I like aristocracy. I like the beauty of aristocracy. I like the hierarchical feeling.

Material and infinite are inseparableAppreciating their interconnectednessis the gateway to understanding

Warm Bodies ended up becoming one of the most personal relatable things I've written.

White pudding and eggs and sausages and cups of tea! How simple and beautiful was life after all!

You start at 'SNL' when you're young and hungry, but I don't want my pro years to be my 'SNL' years.

Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.

It's amazing how email has changed our lives. You ever get a handwritten letter in the mail today? 'What the? Has someone been kidnapped?'

I love Soundgarden, I love Rage Against the Machine, Simon & Garfunkel.

A life lived in love will never be dull.

No hero is above fear, Percy. And you have risen above every hero. - Poseidon

Follow your inclinations with due regard to the policeman round the corner.