Grief is a room without doors - but somehow, with its tinsel and cliches, Christmas finds a way in.

Hands have their own language.

For lonely people, rain is a chance to be touched.

I think people would be happier if they admitted things more often. In a sense we are all prisoners of some memory, or fear, or disappointment - we are all defined by something we can’t change.

The beauty of artifacts is in how they reassure us we’re not the first to die.

I wonder if things can happen too early or too late or if everything happens at exactly the right time. If so, how sad and beautiful.

You were unsure which pain is worse -- the shock of what happened or the ache for what never will.

Every moment is the paradox of now or never.

For some people, life is the process of knocking through walls to get out. For others, it is the building of walls.

The most significant conversations of our lives occur in silence.

I read books because I love them, not because I think I should read them.

The future was one thing that could never be broken, because it had not yet had the chance to be anything.

Throwing dirt at a diamond does not diminish its value.

I can't believe I wrote that many words in a row.

You know the most common phrase in the movies is 'let's get out of here?

I don’t know anybody who doesn’t have a fantasy. Everybody must have a fantasy.

I think being open-minded about what Nature is trying to tell you is the key to being creative and successful.

Once in a while you start having second thoughts, then you read a letter from someone that lifts your spirits so much - it really makes a huge difference. I love reading them.

I like acting and being a musician. It's like comparing apples and oranges. But I really like my day job. I've always played music since I was 12, and I guess I always will.

The most boring thing in the world? Silence.

The majority of my work is about preparation.