the knowledge that change can be frightening, that responsibility can, but that the answer to that is not refusing to change or to accept responsibility.

In a science fiction novel, the world is a character, and often the most important character.In a mainstream novel, the world is implicitly our world, and the characters are the world.

what's real within the story is real within the story

We shall take a star out of the skies and shall set thousands of worlds on fire...

You don't need more space. You need less stuff.

Many times I sit back and say, 'I can't believe that this is my life!' Other times, I feel self-satisfied. I mean, there's a lot to be proud and thankful for but, nonetheless, it's just a life!

As an adolescent, Spider-Man was what got me through tough times in terms of being a skinny kid.

Were there no uniforms, there would probably be no armies.

I have had the problem of seeing my male model go to Italy and... stay there.

Everything you need to be great is already inside you. Stop waiting for someone or something to light your fire. You have the match.

Philosophy is talk on a cereal box.

[Composers] Mark [Shaiman] and Scott [Wittman] are unreal.

Most look at earnings and earnings potential, well I can't get into that game.