Art is messy, art is chaos - so you need a system.

The greatest story commandment is: Make me care.

Use what you know. Draw from it. It doesnt always mean plot or fact. It means capturing a truth from your experiencing it, expressing values you personally feel deep down in your core.

The best stories infuse wonder.

Don't give [the audience] four; give them two plus two.

I never think about the audience. If someone gives me a marketing report, I throw it away.

Loneliness is, I think, people's biggest fear, whether they are conscious of it or not.

Frankly, there isn't anyone you couldn't learn to love once you've heard their story.

That's what great art does - it inspires other artists to do great art, and that's what it should do.

Drama is anticipation mingled with uncertainty.

Change is fundamental in story. If things go static, stories die.

Prayer at its highest is a two-way conversation-and for me the most important part is listening to God's replies.

you will not be master of my body & my property

When Byrd came out of there, he had written a lot things while he was in the hospital.

A win for one is a win for all - and I'm not just saying that because Dumas did.

In every age the wisest have passed the identical judgment on life: it is worthless.

The first path a human being ever travels is the path that leads out of the maternal womb. Every human being's first labyrinth is that of a woman.

When you are sorrowful, look again.

In British culture, redheads get teased at school. But I've grown up enough to realize I love my hair.

I've always been fond of the advice I once heard from Robert Frank, "Keep your eyes open."

If Trump really can build up American infrastructure, that will help reinflate the world economy, and that would be a good thing.