But, how do you know if an ending is truly good for the characters unless you've traveled with them through every page?

Even the jerks earn some of our affection. We can be glad they're gone and yet still mourn the good parts.

The woman gestured to a seat and put on a patient face. An impatient sort of patient face, like an impatient face dressing up as a patient one for Halloween.

Don't beat yourself up, " said Charlotte. "True love can be so easily mistaken for other things-friendship, humane concern, indigestion...

Charlotte wondered if she would have recognized the crazy much earlier if he looked more like Steve Buscemi then Mr. Medieval Hotness.

For me a film is at its best when you can start filling in the story with your own life experience.

When you're playing cards you can't constantly think about what the money costs you in the real world. You can't be constantly concerned about that if you want to be successful.

Lawyers are always confident before the verdict. It's only after that they share their doubts.

I'm very happy to have moved to West Ham, because I can play for a better team than Sheffield Wednesday.

Scholars have long known that fishing eventually turns men into philosophers. Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to buy decent tackle on a philosopher's salary.

No one wants to be part of a fiction, and even less so if that fiction is real.

What shall we do about the Abortion Bill?" A: "Pay it!

It's so interesting to me how songs take on a shape and body of their own and grow.