I'm always very scared when I start a movie because I never know if I'm going to be able to do a good job or do a very bad job.

I don't think you learn how to act. You learn how to use your emotions and feelings.

I think that when you don't see the boundaries, you cross them without even knowing they exist in the first place.

I was raised with the idea of beauty in a different way. To me, it is something that really comes out of you and surrounds you.

I think in friendship, you want to be there for your friend, and sometimes you just don't know what to do or the relationship you have with them is not clear enough for you to know what to do.

You cannot escape what you have to deal with inside yourself. It will never bring good things. It will only bring madness.

I think that emotion and good stories can cross the times.

Did a man really walk on the moon? I saw plenty of documentaries on it, and I really wondered.

I am not very good at expressing myself in a simple way so it can create mis-understandings and I hate that.

If I wake up during a dream I can usually go back to sleep and finish the story.

I think you're where you have to be and I'm not a person who wants to control things too much because I love surprises.

Research" is a wonderful word for writers. It serves as excuse for EVERYTHING

The more shared past there is in a relationship, the more present you need to be.

All the ill that is in us comes from fear, and all the good from love.

In a world where carpenters get resurrected, everything is possible.

Earthquakes may be brought about because wind is caught up in the earth, so the earth is dislocated in small masses and is continually shaken, and that causes it to sway.

In any library in the world, I am at home, unselfconscious, still and absorbed.

Kindness in words creates confidence.

Heroes are people who are all good with no bad in them. That's the way I always saw Joe DiMaggio. He was beyond question one of the greatest players of the century.

Writing books is a nice retreat. There's nothing quite like diving into a book for a few hours. That is a big time vacation.

Self-reliance is the key to a vigorous life. A man must look inward to find his own answers.