I love working on scripts. I love coming up with ideas about what people would dress like or talk like. I love all that.

I did one sci-fi movie. I did 'Gattaca.' I liked 'Gattaca' because that was always the kind of science fiction I really dug, the non-action oriented sci-fi.

Life's hard. It's supposed to be. If we didn't suffer, we'd never learn anything.

In New York, you've got Donald Trump, Woody Allen, a crack addict and a regular Joe, and they're all on the same subway car.

Read. It makes you more intelligent. It’s that simple. We all see the universe through the tiny keyhole of our own eyes, and every book is another keyhole from which you can gaze.

Success isn't measured by what you achieve, it's measured by the obstacles you overcome.

Don't you find it odd," she continued, "that when you're a kid, everyone, all the world, encourages you to follow your dreams. But when you're older, somehow they act offended if you even try.

I met a lot of famous people when I was about 24. And none of them seemed very appealing. And so I didn't know why I would struggle to be that kind of person.

There is no trick to writing a believable love story, a heartbreaking scene or real-sounding dialogue. All you need is to tell the truth. It’s always heartbreaking.

The older I get, the more I realize how rare it is to meet a kindred spirit.

I'm horrified to admit that I just love Salinger. I was devastated to find out that other people feel the same way.

There is no communication with God without communication with God’s people

I'm a huge fan of David Hockney. I love the way he keeps reinventing himself.

In my heart of hearts, I know that whatever I do is going to have integrity, and I'm going to work really hard, and I know that fans are going to take to it.

Children are our greatest untapped resource.

Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written.

When you're a ball hawk, you should have a mohawk.

I like the authentic punk dance you did there. It's like a child dizzy off lemonade

Startups are very hard no matter what you do; you may as well go after a big opportunity.

My books kept me from the ring, the dog-pit, the tavern, and the saloon.