Nothing says work efficiency like panic mode.

It's my belief that people enter your life at exactly the right time.

But people in a small town tend to do a lot of talking, even when they don’t know what they’re talking about.

The recipe for great art has always been misery and a good bowel movement.

A day of bad writing is always better than a day of no writing.

Any conversation including the mention of Roald Dahl, Ray Bradbury, or Emily Dickinson is one worth getting into or at least eavesdropping.

Nothing's a better cure for writer's block than to eat ice cream right out of the carton.

A writer always writes.

Always mystify, torture, mislead, and surprise the audience as much as possible.

If you treat your characters like people, they'll reward you by being fully developed individuals.

Writers often torture themselves trying to get the words right. Sometimes you must lower your expectations and just finish it.

An artist's job is to make new clichés.

For some reason when I write in cursive, it's easier and flows better for me to read that when I print.

I might have had trouble saving France in 1946 - I didn't have television then.

I have a job to do. ... If you think right now I give a damn about presidential politics, then you don't know me.

In Hollywood gratitude is Public Enemy Number One.

It was the most romantic plane ever made.

Once I know I'm an alcoholic then it is my obligation, duty to see what I can do about healing myself.

Polish the heart, free the six senses and let them function without obstruction, and your entire body will glow.

Holidays in general breed unrealistic expectations. The minute you start wondering, 'is it going to be wonderful enough?,' it never will be.

Acceptance of death when it arrives is one thing, but to allow it to upstage the joys of living is ingratitude.