Hate born from too many tears and too little Love

You want to be good. All right, I can understand that. But you have to be careful who you let define your good.

He who strives for excellence strives for greatness.

I am an atheist thank God!

I don't think writers - in general - ever achieve the fame of movie stars. For the simple reason that only a fraction of the population reads. But I guess there are exceptions.

I don't write under the ghost of Faulkner. I live in the same town and find his life and work inspiring, but that's it. I have a motorcycle and tool along the country lanes. I travel at my own speed.

Launch and learn. Everything is progress.

I find it very hard to say yes or no quite openly, because people are never satisfied. One day they write us off as saying we're not together and the next day we're together and getting married.

I'm just beginning to direct. For all intents and purposes, this is the first time for me

Thank you so much for breaking my heart because you got me four Grammys.

We had to learn...that it did not really matter what we expected from life but rather what life expected from us.