Everyday, it's about building a practice that enables you to try and forget that you're afraid.

For artists, there's a very fine line between delusion and belief.

What unifies every part of my journey is I always lead with my curiosity, obsession, or fascination.

'Write what you know' works, but it's limiting. Write what fascinates you. Write what you can't stop thinking about.

All screenwriting books are bullshit, all. Watch movies, read screenplays. Let them be your guide.

Hollywood is a land of self-invention.

Maybe the price of forgetting that even in America, even in New York City, when a man back home is talking, you better listen closely.

Maybe the price of forgetting that even in America, even in New York City, when a man from back home is talking, you better listen closely. (Dark City Lights)

In great thick dusty books he readAnd hardly ever went to bedBefore it was e

Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this.

It's a big deal in my city to have a breath of fresh air.

One should never refuse an invitation to lunch or dinner, for one never knows what one may have to eat the next day.

Self-expression is always a right, but its still not there to be abused.

Always pull back-and see how silly we must look to God.

Believe it or not, I swear I'm just a human being.

My nerves are bad to-night. Yes, bad. Stay with me. 'Speak to me. Why do you never speak? Speak. 'What are you thinking of? What thinking? What? 'I never know what you are thinking. Think.

If you see everything from the point of view of women being victims in some way, you don't see the wood for the trees. It is better to be a person than a woman.