I'm aware of being a stranger, an outsider, and that's always an advantage for an artist. It means I can see from the inside and the outside. I have that double vision.

She read and read and read, but she was stuffing herself with the letters on the page like an unhappy child stuffing itself with chocolate. They didn’t taste bad, but she was still unhappy.

Elegance is timeless

If we're afraid to be ourselves, then who are we? Where's there left to hide?But if we could concur that fear, we just might be strong, powerful. We just might be unstoppable.

The longer a thing is to take doing, the more reason to begin at once

The true Philosophy, known and practised by Solomon, is the basis on which Masonry is founded.

Torture can be a two edged sword.

I've never been very good at manipulating my career, but fortunately I haven't needed to.

In Hollywood, writers are considered only the first draft of human beings.

The first step in achieving prosperity and wealth is learning to appreciate what you already have.

Though progress starts with the imagination, only work can make things happen. And work itself works best when fueled, again by the imagination.