I know it may sound silly, but I think my short stories have a life and identity of their own. They crop up in all sorts of places.

There is only one trait that makes the writer. He is always watching.

I had my success too soon. Three books published with Scribners in New York before I was 30.

There is only one trait that marks the writer. He is always watching. It's a kind of trick of the mind and he is born with it.

His sins seemed to be so few that he was alarmed and groped anxiously for more, knowing he could not be without guilt.

The last confession he heard was from a young hysterical girl who seemed to him to be making up a chain of small sins so that she could imagine herself full of remorse.

The greatest sacred-adventure is the pursuit of dreams.

sometimes a man must fight so hard for life that he doesn't have time to live it.

the day you will loose your tongue

Faith is spiritualized imagination.

I'm interested in new worlds, new universes, new challenges. I always said the only reason to make a film is not for the result but for what you learn for the next one.

Illegal immigration is a genuinely national issue, and resolving it requires a national commitment not just on health care but also border control, law enforcement and other resources.

Faith is believing things you know aint true

We are not our brother’s keeper we are our brother and we are our sister. We must look past complexion and see community.

Only mediocrities progress. An artist revolves in a cycle of masterpieces, the first of which is no less perfect than the last.

In fact, the whole thing about prohibition is this: it isn't the initial cost, it's the humidity.