Be fearless. Write what you want. Write how you want. Create art.

Failure makes the success worth it.

There are countless reasons to be jealous. But that doesn’t mean you have to succumb to them.

This pure little drop from a pure little source was too sweet: it penetrated deep, and subdued the heart

I also wonder why is it that so many of the movies and books that are detective stories are also the most aesthetically interesting? From Hollywood noirs to horror movies like The Shining [1980].

I felt like people really do their best work when they're having a really good time and feel safe to push the envelope and make a jackass out of themselves.

Our minds are big enough to contemplate the cosmos but small enough to care about who wins an Oscar

[Unplugged] was also the cheapest to produce and required the least amount of preparation and work. But if you want to know what it actually cost me, go to Ripley and visit the grave of my son.

Work is not slavery, then. Work is creativity. It is the expression of ourselves that no one else can duplicate.

It's nice to marry your best friend. It suits me.

Marriage to a very rich woman posed problems.

If you keep making jokes like that, somebody is going to shoot you, father.

Language does not leave fossils, at least not until it has become written.