I had never really thought of myself as a writer; any writing I had done was just to give myself something to draw.

A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.

Art is always in the eyes of the beholder. Only posterity has the right to point out our mistakes.

When I'm my own editor, there's very little difference between the first draft and the final. I write what feels right to begin with. I rarely make any major changes.

It all depends on which side of the desk you're sitting on.

I always wanted to fire rays out of my fingertips.

I think jazz and comic books are probably the two uniquely American art forms.

In general, shorter is better. If you can encapsulate your idea into a single captivating sentence, you're halfway home.

A writer writes. Period. No matter if someone is buying your work or not.

Unfortunately, there are writers whose only concern is how good they could make themselves look on a title.

I realized the only thing I owed my audience was my own judgment and my own best effort.

Anthony looked down at his evil clutches -- hands, he reminded himself, hands -- and grinned anew.

To be running breathlessly, but not yet arrived, is itself delightful, a suspended moment of living hope.

Everything I went through," he said. "For you. It was worth it.

You bury your childhood here and there. It waits for you, all your life, to come back and dig it up.

It is the necessary nature of a political party in this country to avoid, as long as it can be avoided, the consideration of any question which involves a great change.

For me, it's always filmmaker and then character and then story. They're all equally important but if you don't have a great filmmaker, you will not have a great film unless you just get lucky.

Guys are so transparent most of the time. Unless, of course, they're dating you, in which case they are utter mysteries.

Booty is just a ghetto expression, and I'm just a booty star.

I know what it's like to win things. You need a certain type of player with a determination to win. You see it in the eyes.

Anybody who can't hear the difference between a ball hitting wood and a ball hitting concrete must be blind.