Creativity and intelligence, rather than violence, are the best problem solvers.

It's my belief that people enter your life at exactly the right time.

But people in a small town tend to do a lot of talking, even when they don’t know what they’re talking about.

Nothing says work efficiency like panic mode.

The recipe for great art has always been misery and a good bowel movement.

A day of bad writing is always better than a day of no writing.

Any conversation including the mention of Roald Dahl, Ray Bradbury, or Emily Dickinson is one worth getting into or at least eavesdropping.

Nothing's a better cure for writer's block than to eat ice cream right out of the carton.

A writer always writes.

Always mystify, torture, mislead, and surprise the audience as much as possible.

If you treat your characters like people, they'll reward you by being fully developed individuals.

My perfect day is sitting in a room with some blank paper. That's heaven. That's gold and anything else is just a waste of time.

We all have those dreams we've never let go of. But believe it or not, sometimes a job that we're not that keen on can help us achieve those dreams or goals.

M: Is he smart I: She yes very smart sees right through me M: In my day we valued blindness rather more

Youll never see a good performance out of me, in terms of a character, when the camera isnt rolling.

The days are gone forever when our enemies could blackmail us with nuclear bombs.

It's funny, because in drama school, my greatest strength was my range. So my early career was like that: I played all kinds of different characters.

We should evaluate judges and judicial nominees based on the general process for applying the law to any legal disputes, not on the specific result in a particular case or dispute.

I have had a very difficult time with stage fright; it undermines your well-being and peace of mind, and it can also threaten your livelihood.

And he said that he wrote the Bond character based on the character of David Niven. That's how he saw Bond.

I hate anything that occupies more space than it is worth... I hate to see a parcel of big words without anything in them.