I think of inspiration as desire infused with spirit and topped with an almost reckless optimism.

One should be a painter. As a writer, I feel the beauty, which is almost entirely colour, very subtle, very changeable, running over my pen, as if you poured a large jug of champagne over a hairpin.

Everything happens because of dreams.

Loyalty was a great thing, but no lieutenants should be forced to choose between their leader and a circus with elephants.

When the eye becomes the heart, the heart becomes the eye.

The right to rebellion is the right to seek a higher rule, and not to wander in mere lawlessness.

I got a pain in my chest, and I can't breathe

God would be a very selfish god if he gave all the soul to one race. ... When one sings from the heart and it reaches another heart, that's soul.

I am no stranger to healthy competition-wor king hard and playing hard

Who are you and why are you my cat?

Sometimes I watch a scene I've written, and occasionally I think, "Oh, for God's sake, shut up."