The Secret of Drawing consists of just two things: 1) Making lines on paper; and 2) Choosing where they go.

Bad things can happen, and often do--but they only take up a few pages of your story; and anyone can survive a few pages.

If you really want to do something, no one can stop you. But if you really don’t want to do something, no one can help you

Don't ascribe to evil what can be attributed to well-intentioned stupidity.

Sometimes a catastrophe is simply a course correction.

If everything in the past has value, then there’s no reason for regret, ever.

I'm a conundrum. Or an enigma. I forget which.

Your ability to shape your destiny is directly proportional to your belief that it is a matter of will and determination--however much or little that belief may be.

If I can't joke about imminent death, then I might as well just resign.

Just because I'm a murdering, thieving, cowardly, traitorous sort doesn't mean I can't do my job properly.

All stories are true. But some of them never happened.

Stay inspired, happy and joyful.

Some people think that it [Brexit] is the end of the world. It's not. On the contrary, it's a massive opportunity for this country.

Whoever we are here, we might be princesses somewhere else. Or writers. Or scientists. Or presidents. Or whatever the hell we want to be that everyone else says we can't.

Punctuality comes high on my list of unforgivable sins.

Workin' so hard every night and day and now we get to lay back.

Since 1977, there have been many science fiction movies, but none has managed to equal [A New Hope's] blend of adventure, likable characters, and epic storytelling.

I'd rather hang out with the losers that would sit and smoke a cigarette than the ones who wanted to throw a baseball.

Courage faces fear and thereby masters it. Cowardice represses fear and is thereby mastered by it.

I love Ben Affleck so much. He's an amazing director.

My love is thaw'd; Which, like a waxen image 'gainst a fire, bears no impression of the thing it was