I have said what I wanted to say and I will not say it again.

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.

The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that.

The things that happen to people we never really know. What happens in houses behind closed doors, what secrets -

People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

He turned out the light and went into Jem's room. He would be there all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning.

Things are always better in the morning.

It's not necessary to tell all you know.

Writing is a process of self-discipline you must learn before you can call yourself a writer. There are people who write, but I think they're quite different from people who must write.

...but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself.

You can walk away and say "We don't need this." but something in your eyes says "We can beat this.

Sometimes kindness doesn’t beget anything but misery. My mother didn’t have to learn that until she was in her thirties

Lies are the first step to the violent protection of them

Then comes Winston with his hundred horsepower mind and what can I do?

Atlantic reckoned we should use a top Yank producer and appointed one Eddie Kramer to the post. It turns out the guy was full of bullshit and couldn't produce a healthy fart.

But... what about us? What about the past?" she asks blankly. "The past isn't real. it's just a dream," I say. "Don't mention the past.

A proposition is completely logically analyzed if its grammar is made completely clear: no matter what idiom it may be written or expressed in.

Silence can ask all the questions, where the tongue is prone to ask only the wrong one.

I don't really have much to prove. I can easily go in a comfort zone, make two films a year, hype them because I've signed them as a star, make them cheap and they will be big hits.

I'm a terrible cook, but if I could cook, I would see that in art as well, it's how much creative energy you put into something.