I've got splinters in my nose from the best publishing doors in town.

About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all.

The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.

Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.

Normal is the average of deviance.

You sell a screenplay like you sell a car. If someone drives it off a cliff, that's it.

One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.

Leroy bet me I couldn't find a pot of gold at the end, and I told him that was a stupid bet because the rainbow was enough.

I still miss those I loved who are no longer with me but I find I am grateful for having loved them. The gratitude has finally conquered the loss.

While the angels, all pallid and wan, Uprising, unveiling, affirm That the play is the tragedy, "Man", And its hero the Conqueror Worm.

When I got [my] library card, that was when my life began.

Reading a book is a silent conversation between two friends.

We are the "can do" country. We adjust to situations better than any people in the history of the world... We adjust to change.

We get brilliant results from average people managing brilliant processes - while our competitors get average or worse results from brilliant people managing broken processes

We must have infinite faith in each other. If we have not, we must never let it leak out that we have not.

Only poor people are weird. Rich people are eccentric.

The materials for poetry are all about you in profusion.

My gut reaction [on Betsy DeVos] was, oh, my God. We are now back into the education wars.

I have a constant sort of melancholy approach to acting that fuels me. I want to do everything.

I have seen one or two psychiatrists. They just sit and nod and doodle.

Beware of being a religious poseur, trying to live up to a dramatized version of yourself.