I want to keep looking at ways to stride forward with positivity.

A good novel doesn't just transcend the boundaries of its target market - it knows nothing about target markets.

Sometimes the only way to fix a mistake- is to make it twice.

Love is a luxury. It's something that people are allowed to indulge in when they're not simply trying to survive and keep other people alive.

If you look at the world one way, it takes from you - it's a thief of time, energy, creative mojo. But if you look at the world another way, it gives you an endless supply of motivation.

Omission is a sin only if, in the process of deceiving, you forget the truth. Lying is a sin only if, in the process, the lie becomes the only truth.

The intricacy of plotting a thriller is akin to writing formal poetry.

Red Sox fans have been pushed to the brink over the years, but that's how faith grows stronger.

I prefer a cluttered workspace.

I want women writers to write boldly, wildly, deeply. I want them to feel really liberated to tell the brutal truth, however they see that truth and are moved to tell it.

The poem has to bear the weight with image, language... the screenplay with dialogue, plot.

When you live by the demands and supply of life, your life becomes easily predictable.

I suppose he could be the mole, ” Shannon said. “What with his being completely insane and all.

To find the good life you must become yourself.

I don't want to end up being a circus act, doing my most famous tricks when I'm 70.

That's got to be at least one of the benefits of heaven - never having to act normal again.

God gave humans the truth, and the devil came and he said, 'Let's give it a name and call it religion.'

You've got to know much more than the mere technicalities of notes. You've got to know sounds and what goes between the notes.

The awful thing about a conductor becoming geriatric is that you seem to become more desirable, not less.

I wasn't in a position to defend myself. Sometimes it's a brutal profession. The first thing I thought of at the time was revenge. I have a more levelheaded take on the issue today.

The media has enormous power. The media is undergoing huge changes now. It seemed like it's time to step back and look at how the media shapes our lives and our perceptions of reality.