I believe you are your work. Don't trade the stuff of your life time for nothing more than dollars. That's a rotten bargain

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.

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

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.

No, really, " I said. "Now that we know that Flores is really this nasty, fiery, superpowerful nothing-can-kill-me demon from hell, maybe we should consider just giving Christy to him?

I can forgive almost any crime if a great story is left in its wake.

Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so.

I've rarely said the word "Lord," unless it's followed by "of the Rings.

The real scientist is ready to bear privation and, if need be, starvation rather than let anyone dictate to him which direction his work must take.

For Beatrice, I cherished, you perished, The world's been nightmarished.

Spring is come home with her world-wandering feet, And all things are made young with your desires.

To wear long faces, just as if our Maker, The God of goodness, was an undertaker.

Our eyes are always blind when they view the future.

As a novelist, I ask of myself only that I tell the truth and that I tell it beautifully.