The ugliest truth, in the end, was still better than the prettiest of lies.

You bring your own weather to the picnic.

Only bad writers think they're good.

Hope can be the most wonderful thing in the world or it can crush your heart like an eggshell.

..."better to have loved and lost" bullshit. Don't show me paradise and then burn it down.

There are three things that make a person a writer: inspiration, perspiration and desperation.

Trust is like that. You can break it for a good reason. But it still remains broken.

This is the price you pay for having a great father. You get the wonder, the joy, the tender moments - and you get the tears at the end, too.

A novel is like a sausage. You might like the final taste but you don't want to see how it was made.

Sometimes the loudest cries for help are silent.

I always think the insecurity is going to go away, but it's always there. Only bad writers think they're good.

I wish I could give up smoking, but it does taste so delicious.

My daddy used to say that I was too big to ride and too little to hitch a wagon - no good for a damn thing.

When the darkness is seen as a necessary prelude to the creative light, one is less likely to ascribe frustration to personal inadequacy or label it as bad.

When you get into your 40s, it's all about lighting. It's hard. You have to face whether the way you look is your self-worth or not. Once you get beyond that, it's all about what's in your heart.

I will not be a Democrat or a Republican. They are the problem, not the solution. We need to abolish political parties in this country.

It's not often as an actor you get to be involved with a project that seems to be on the right side of history.

I love strong women in films that are allowed to play women and not male fantasies.

I'm always moving apartments or moving houses or moving cities.

You must write to the people's expertise.

It helps to know there is going to be continuity.