I think that writers are, at best, outsiders to the society they inhabit. They have a kind of detachment, or try to have.

Goodnight you princes of Maine, you kings of New England.

If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

Never confuse faith, or belief — of any kind — with something even remotely intellectual.

Keep passing the open windows.

Half my life is an act of revision.

You only grow by coming to the end of something and by beginning something else.

I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin.

It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.

If you don't feel that you are possibly on the edge of humiliating yourself, of losing control of the whole thing, then probably what you are doing isn't very vital.

. . .There are moments when time does stop. We must be alert enough to notice such moments . . .

There is no human-like god. If there were, he'd be as silly as you.

If you’re going to be killed you invent some kind of flag and country to fight for, and if you survive you get to love the thing

There is no middle ground in Hollywood you're a failure or you're a success. That mentality is wild.

I always felt and still feel that fairy tales have an emotional truth that is so deep that there are few things that really rival them

Through His Spirit, the Spirit of prayer, our life may be one of continual prayer. The Spirit of prayer will help you become an intercessor, asking great things of God for those around you.

I hope I'm an integrous person who cleans up their messes when I've been a jerk.

Granddaddy can pick up a phone and call anyone in the world and they will take his call. But he doesn't know it.

The only journeys worth taking in life are those that test us to the very core

I have a great amount of respect for the audience. They know narrative construct. They know all the tropes.

Love does not come and go; we are the ones who come and go.