Books. People have no idea how beautiful books are. How they taste on your fingers. How bright everything is when you light it with words.

If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster.

I romanticize life the way artists see scenery or a dreamer gazes up at the stars.

That was another thing that was becoming overwhelming --- her emotions. She normally only seemed to have two --- happy or pissed off.

I have accepted the challenge of life, to be all that I can possibly be.

That's the true genius of America: that America can change. Our union can be perfected. What we've already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.

Oh, well, my first love is comedy or singing and dancing.

Believe in the best ... have a goal for the best, never be satisfied with less than your best, try your best, and in the long run things will turn out for the best

With usenet gone, we just don't teach our kids entertainment-level hyperbole any more.

Each man the architect of his own fate.

Getting your screenplay right is the most important thing you'll ever do on your film.