A person has to be by himself a little bit. We weren’t born in a flock. Togetherness drives me out of my mind.

The writer in western civilization has become not a voice of his tribe, but of his individuality. This is a very narrow-minded situation.

People who lose their parents when young are permanently in love with them.

Can art be completely invented? It's a matter of shaping reality with the help of imagination.

My nights are a nightmare, quite often, but the nightmares are rich. I nourish myself by those nights.

A story is not only meaning, it's music as well.

I am not writing in metaphors. I am writing about catastrophes.

Strength comes from struggle. When you learn to see your struggles as opportunities to become stronger, better, wiser, then your thinking shifts from "I can't do this" to "I must do this.

Stories are like catechisms, but they're catechisms for your impulses, they're catechisms with flesh on.

I'm not a fruity girl. I don't like licorice. I'm chocolate all the way.

The real and proper question is: why is it beautiful?

..all I left with was the magnitude of my mistake, of my missing you. And I have to watch you from this distance, watch you achieve your dreams, live what seemed like this perfect life.

I was in Rent, for Gods sake. The closest we came to stunts was dancing on a table.

I would very much like to make Westerns. I love Westerns. I've worked on many Westerns in my youth, in Spain and here, and I love working on them.

The things people really want are love, connection, and purpose.

A tranquil conscience invites freedom from anguish, sorrow, guilt, shame, and self-condemnation. It provides a foundation for happiness. It is a condition of immense worth.

There are libertarian values which say private property is the overarching value, the sanctity thereof, and there are egalitarians who say health care should be shared and so on. That's fair enough.