In and out of my heart flowed my rainbow blood.

Knowing you have something good to read before bed is among the most pleasurable of sensations.

And the rest is rust and stardust.

Do not be angry with the rain; it simply does not know how to fall upwards.

Mind you, sometimes the angels smoke, hiding it with their sleeves, and when the archangel comes, they throw the cigarettes away: that’s when you get shooting stars.

Curiosity is insubordination in its purest form.

Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.

The writer's job is to get the main character up a tree, and then once they are up there, throw rocks at them.

There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.

I think it is all a matter of love: the more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it is.

Loneliness as a situation can be corrected, but as a state of mind it is an incurable illness.

Adventure, opportunity and reward extend beyond our field of vision, and are made known to us only when we test our wings.

We had a lot to do with Randy being fired. If we were to do a lot better, then it probably wouldn't have happened.

The thing is to get the work done.

I still feel like there are a lot of things in me that people haven't seen. My soul hasn't been bared yet.

Everybody is a dumb blonde at heart.

Romance isn't about proving to someone you love them with flowers and greeting cards and chocolate. Or even a lock on a fence. It's a daily reminder. It's saying, I choose you. Today and every day.

As long as I'm alive, you'll never see the last of Lightning!

[Democrats] have lost the capacity to speak to the vast middle of America, an America that is, in large part, white, very religious and not highly educated.

I'm the luckiest unlucky person.

It definitely deserved an Oscar, but not a Golden Globe.