Arrogance and Conceit are the mother and father of a closed mind.Charles Jennings, "Journey of the Chosen".

People like my grandmother, who have no home but in memory, learn to be very skilled in the art of recollection.

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

I did a complete rewrite of 650 pages in two weeks.

I loved working with Bob Dylan.

If ants had nuclear weapons, they would probably end the world in a week.

You are beaten to earth? Well, well, what's that? Come up with a smiling face, It's nothing against you to fall down flat But to lie there - that's a disgrace.

In documentary films, you're a storyteller using found objects. You still have to have a story arc and all the elements that make a good story. It really helped me mature as a storyteller.

I still like to listen to the people that I came of age on.

Everyone's work is equally important.

Fiction demands structures and recognizable shapes. Big surprises only draw attention to the writer's hand.