I want women writers to write boldly, wildly, deeply. I want them to feel really liberated to tell the brutal truth, however they see that truth and are moved to tell it.

A good novel doesn't just transcend the boundaries of its target market - it knows nothing about target markets.

Sometimes the only way to fix a mistake- is to make it twice.

Love is a luxury. It's something that people are allowed to indulge in when they're not simply trying to survive and keep other people alive.

If you look at the world one way, it takes from you - it's a thief of time, energy, creative mojo. But if you look at the world another way, it gives you an endless supply of motivation.

Omission is a sin only if, in the process of deceiving, you forget the truth. Lying is a sin only if, in the process, the lie becomes the only truth.

The intricacy of plotting a thriller is akin to writing formal poetry.

Red Sox fans have been pushed to the brink over the years, but that's how faith grows stronger.

I prefer a cluttered workspace.

The poem has to bear the weight with image, language... the screenplay with dialogue, plot.

I try not to divide plot and character. I get to know a character by what they want and fear and how those internal forces play out in their lives.

Your present circumstances may seem limited, but you are never limited by your present circumstances.

He who rides the sea of the Nile must have sails woven of patience.

Claudia... you've been a very very naughty little girl.

I guess I'm fairly insistent and maybe consistent. If I decide I'll do something, I generally will.

The field of experience is the whole universe in all directions. Theory remains shut up within the limits of human faculties.

I didn't want to be a director for hire. It really just took me a long time to learn how to direct and to feel up to the job.

I could compose and write music and get to share it with the masses and the people around the world and to have them to receive it so beautifully - I love that.

Death, when it approaches, ought not to take one by surprise. It should be part of the full expectancy of life. Without an ever-present sense of death life is insipid.

Barcelona players are passing the ball at least 25 times to reach the goal, while Real Madrid's Xabi Alonso is doing this all in a single pass.

Does politics have to be injected into everything?