No one is drawn to writing about being happy or feelings of joy.

We buy balloons, we let them go.

I have to return some videotapes

The better you look, the more you see.

Writing a novel is not method acting and I find it easy to step out of it at cocktail hour.

No one ever likes the right person.

Is evil something you are? Or is it something you do?

Why was I holding on to something that would never be mine? But isn't that what people do?

But this was what happened when you didn't want to visit and confront the past: the past starts visiting and confronting you.

I like the idea of a writer being haunted by his own creation, especially if the writer resents the way the character defines him.

And as the elevator descents, passing the second floor, and the first floor, going even father down, I realize that the money doesn't matter. That all that does is that I want to see the worst

It is in community where we find our very selves.

Hannah ran past, beaming. I remember that feeling--when you're a kid and it's your birthday and for one day everyone makes you feel like the most special person in the world.

I'm really old-fashioned. An Epsom salt bath, that's genuinely better than any massage.

My mentality is like a Samurai: They used to every day work on their technique to make themselves almost perfect. Because perfection is impossible, but every day, you get closer to perfection.

It's not Planned Parenthood. No, it's planned genocide. You can quote me on that.

Learn the ABC of science before you try to ascend to its summit.

I'm not going anywhere, not without Chloe." Derek

Ignorance, hatred and greed are killing nature.

I was a huge 'Star Trek' fan. I loved the 'Twilight Zone' growing up. In the future, I hope to create some thoughtful, sci-fi drama.

A college president is like the lawn mower at a cemetary: he has a lot of people under him, but they don't pay much attention to him