I don't think I'm more of a screenwriter than I am a fiction writer. I'm more of a reader than a film-watcher, so I imagine that I'm not approaching fiction or films in a particularly cinematic way.

But, like ivy, we grow where there is room for us.

Some people need a red carpet rolled out in front of them in order to walk forward into friendship. They can't see the tiny outstretched hands all around them, everywhere, like leaves on trees.

That day I carried the dream around like a full glass of water, moving gracefully so I would not lose any of it.

What a terrible mistake to let go of something wonderful for something real.

I laughed and said, Life is easy. What I meant was, Life is easy with you here, and when you leave, it will be hard again.

Don't wait to be sure. Move, move, move.

We come from long lines of people destined never to meet.

... we had once called out hello into the cauldron of the world and then run away before anyone could respond.

Inelegantly, and without my consent, time passed.

I cried in English, I cried in french, I cried in all the languages, because tears are the same all around the world.

I may not have been completely honest about that.""You? Less than truthful? I'm shocked, Nikolai. Shocked and horrified.

It's hard to give up the being together with someone.

A law is not good merely because the legislature wills it, but the legislature has the mortal duty to will only that which is good.

The lazy are always wanting to do something.

The most important single influence in the life of a person is another person ... who is worthy of emulation.

Standardization leads to rigidity, and rigidity causes things to break.

The Bible is not an option, it is a necessity. You cannot grow spiritually strong without it.

All times are good time for those who know how to work and have the tools to do so.

I rely far more on gut instinct than researching huge amounts of statistics.

As soon as we identify ourselves with the work we do, we feel miserable; but if we do not identify ourselves with it, we do not feel that misery.