Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.

About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all.

The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.

Normal is the average of deviance.

You sell a screenplay like you sell a car. If someone drives it off a cliff, that's it.

One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.

Leroy bet me I couldn't find a pot of gold at the end, and I told him that was a stupid bet because the rainbow was enough.

I still miss those I loved who are no longer with me but I find I am grateful for having loved them. The gratitude has finally conquered the loss.

While the angels, all pallid and wan, Uprising, unveiling, affirm That the play is the tragedy, "Man", And its hero the Conqueror Worm.

When I got [my] library card, that was when my life began.

Virginia Woolf said that writers must be androgynous. I'll go a step further. You must be bisexual.

Maybe it’s NOT Maybelline. Maybe you were just born with it.

True creativity is inherently destructive, and truly creative individuals always, without exception, seek to destroy the mediums they work within.

I was like the good girl, bad girl, there were no grey areas for me.

You've got to look and pick your shots - and that's where your class and skill comes out.

O God, split the heavens and come down! Manifest yourself somehow. Do what only you can do.

There are certain times you want to be here and there are certain times you want to just go. And when you go, it's usually so exhausting you have to check into a hospital when you come home!

JIBO isn't an appliance, it's a companion, one that can interact and react with its human owners in ways that delight instead of disturb.

Our God is abundant in love and steadfast in mercy. He saves us, not because we trust in a symbol, but because we trust in a Savior.

My attitude has always been if you get better and you see success, that should motivate you to even work harder, so that's kinda how I approach everything.

I know what I like—I like art—and I like what I know.