And you, you ridiculous people, you expect me to help you.

I knew every raindrop by its name.

All these weirdos, and me getting a little better every day right in the midst of them. I had never known, never even imagined for a heartbeat, that there might be a place for people like us.

The first kiss plummeted him down a hole and popped him out into a world he thought he could get along in—as if he’d been pulling hard the wrong way and was now turned around headed downstream.

Sometimes what I wouldn't give to have us sitting in a bar again at 9:00 a.m. telling lies to one another, far from God.

I didnt finish the stories until we went to the Philippines and I got malaria. I couldnt work and I didnt have any money, but I had seven stories. So I wrote three or four more.

I make the road. I draw the map. Nothing just happens to me...I'm the one happening.

This life is but the childhood of our immortality.

I really enjoy writing novels. Its like the ocean. You can just build a boat and take off.

We’d torn open our chests and shown our cowardly hearts, and you can never stay friends after something like that

After the film it was raining, a light steady rain. Ruthless neon on the wet streets like busted candy.

They say the distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success, I believe you can say the same thing about the distance between good and evil.

I never fear death... for me it's only a new beginning.

I like 'Zorro.' I like people you can believe that don't have those stupid powers. That is the beauty of Zorro. He's just a guy working for the people, to save the people.

The audience I'm targeting doesn't care about the language spoken in the films they watch. They're interested in more important things like story, performance, cinematography etc.

We want to create these dramatic situations, whether they are real or not, to entertain audiences.

We have women entering lower-paying career fields. Women are still, culturally, the primary caregivers for children, even though we would love to have fathers and mothers share responsibility.

Politicians don't want democracy here in America, why would they want it in the Middle East?

One out of every 100 American men is HIV positive. The rate of infection has reached epidemic proportions in 40 developing nations.

Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting.

It is love and friendship, the sanctity and celebration of our relationships, that not only support a good life, but create one. Through friendships, we spark and inspire one another's ambitions.