For me, writing is more a process of discovering the book than planning it.

The dead cannot cry out for justice. It is a duty of the living to do so for them.

Poets speak of hope in ladies smiles, but give me a smirk any day, I say.

Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.

Don't wish to be normal. Wish to be yourself. To the hilt. Find out what you're best at, and develop it, and hopscotch your weaknesses. Wish to be great at whatever you are.

I'm very interested in the impact of biotechnology on the way people live.

If you can't be seven feet tall, be seven feet smart.

Aim high. You may still miss the target, but at least you won't shoot your foot off.

Since no one is perfect, it follows that all great deeds have been accomplished out of imperfection. Yet they were accomplished, somehow, all the same.

When you give each other everything, it becomes an even trade. Each wins all.

Adversity does teach who your real friends are.

They are the living dead and we have many of those among us, spending their days whining and complaining and never making any attempt to change their lives for the better.

What better time is there in our lives than when the two best of virtues-innocent gaiety and a boundless yearning for affection-are our sole objects of pursuit?

Being able to breathe underwater would be sweet.

A lot of executives act like their time is worth more than anyone else's. But I always respect an employee who guards his or her time, even from me.

I want to work endlessly and tirelessly until I'm an old, old lady.

If the Constitution is a compact, then the States have a right to secede.

Before you judge me , try hard to love me , look within your heart Then ask , - have you seen my childhood ?

Money is power, and you ought to be reasonably ambitious to have it.

That still feels like the most accurate description - I felt homesick, but I was home.

I do love directing. I'm only comfortable working in the independent film arena for a very small budget where I have creative control and I can put my stamp on it.