I'm not trying to upset you. I just think it's about time you move

I have a sort of . . . thing, I suppose, for certain words. They spark inside me, somehow, turning me to touchpaper, but I don't know what they are until someone says them.

I thought of Marius. Wild, wonderful, Byronic-fantasy Marius, who had somehow found something he wanted in the everyday quietness of me. Until he hadn't.

In daylight and up close, he was merciless, all smiles and freckles, the brightest, boldest flame a moth could wish for.

His attention. Sweet and intense at the same time. Like a barley sugar I could untwist from its plastic and hold in my mouth. A flood of secret pleasure.

This is the story of my life: standing on the edges of things and worrying, when I'm supposed to just walk through them.

Thank you, " I said bravely, dropping the syllables cleanly, like marbles, and secretly full of the most pathetic pride imaginable. I had spoken to strangers.

Unconditional love is the greatest gift of all" ~ The Soul Bearers, by Sylvia Massara

The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible.

I believe the collapse of the House of Windsor is tied in with the collapse of the Church of England.

I think film and television are really a director's medium, whereas theatre is the actor's medium.

The largest pond is as sensitive to atmospheric changes as the globule of mercury in its tube.

I'm a film rat. I love being in front of a camera. I love being behind a camera. I love talking to the director. I love talking film.

When you miss the target, never in history has it been the target's fault. Ya gotta take responsibility!

When "I" and "You" are absent, I've no idea if this is a mosque, synagogue, church or temple

When you shine bright, some won't enjoy the shadow you cast.

We're all brought up in a world that isn't the best place for us to be in once in a while. There are so many problems and we try to overcome them all.