I was half asleep but I smiled. In spite of all his irritating qualities, I couldn't help liking a man who despised a fictional character with such passion.

I've always envied people who sleep easily. Their brains must be cleaner, the floorboards of the skull well swept, all the little monsters closed up in a steamer trunk at the foot of the bed.

I've never flown a kite.

This is good, life must continue, we are fighting barbarians, but we must remain human.

Every time something bad happens, like we lose a day because of weather or an actor gets injured or anything else happens, the schedule has to change. It's the most challenging Tetris puzzle.

Truth might be stranger than fiction, but it needs a better editor.

Once you realise that heroes die, everything becomes that much more terrifying.

Contrary to popular belief, the experience of terror does not make you braver. Perhaps though, it is easier to hide your fear when you're afraid all the time.

You don't like the girl. You don't know what color eyes she has, you don't like her.

the lonliest sound in the world is other people making love.

I was like a well trained pianist who knows which note to hit, but can't make the music his own.

‎"I look upon this world as a wrecked vessel. God has given me a lifeboat and said, 'Moody, save all you can.

It was a time after 'Lady Sings the Blues' and 'Mahogany' and all those romantic movies: I became this romantic figure on the street in a very special way.

Oblivion seemed the only reasonable option.

You have not had thirty years' experience . . . You have had one year's experience 30 times.

Never mistake talking about writing for actual writing.

People talk a lot about the Jackson's but then when you think about it, there is quite a lot to talk about.

When I'm in love with a woman, seeing her in something cozy makes me not want to let go of her when I'm holding her.

Soldiers win battles and generals get the medals.

We Brazilians, happily or unhappily, leave a lot to the last minute.

The major studios are by and large banks, and they give you what is by and large a loan to make a movie. Like banks, they want their money back plus.