I have everything I need. A square of sky, a piece of stone, a page, a pen, and memory raining down on me in sleeves.

memories are like corks left out of bottles. They swell. They no longer fit.

One of the best things about aging is being able to watch imagination overtake memory.

You cannot just waste time. Otherwise you'll die to regret it.

The minute he spoke Spanish, I said, "I'm home."

A word is not the same with one writer as it is with another. One tears it from his guts. The other pulls it out of his overcoat pocket.

Those who look outside can only see an illusion. Those who look inside may see the reality.

Far too many people hunger and hope for different outcomes, but never willing to do things differently.

Sometimes when it comes to the iconic kind of moments, when I read the script for the first time, you get little goose bumps or something because it really is kind of exciting.

Writers are lucky. Whatever the mood, no matter the longing, the writer can use his words to connect himself to any world he wishes to visit.

Today, most models don't know the first thing about makeup. My mom taught me that makeup is supposed to enhance my natural beauty, not create a mask.

The first and fiercest punishment ought to fall first on the traitor, second on the enemy. If I had but one bullet and I were faced by both an enemy and a traitor, I would let the traitor have it.

My early life was full of music because my sisters played the piano and I started playing at three.

In Syria, if [Bashar al-] Assad had just been a statesman and handed over the reigns in time, Syria would not be heading down the nightmare that it is today.