In real life, coincidences happen all the time. In novels, they are leapt upon with fury.

You bring your own weather to the picnic.

The ugliest truth, in the end, was still better than the prettiest of lies.

Only bad writers think they're good.

Hope can be the most wonderful thing in the world or it can crush your heart like an eggshell.

..."better to have loved and lost" bullshit. Don't show me paradise and then burn it down.

There are three things that make a person a writer: inspiration, perspiration and desperation.

Trust is like that. You can break it for a good reason. But it still remains broken.

This is the price you pay for having a great father. You get the wonder, the joy, the tender moments - and you get the tears at the end, too.

A novel is like a sausage. You might like the final taste but you don't want to see how it was made.

Sometimes the loudest cries for help are silent.

He did everything to-get-her but together was never his goal.

The hare-brained chatter of irresponsible frivolity.

You need to make mistakes in rehearsal because that's how you find out what works and what doesn't.

Today there are opportunities that no one knows if they will come round again in the future.

A belly laugh increases the ability of your immune system to fight infections.

I really worry about the state of the planet and I wish everyone would make a concerned effort not to trash it.

I had this spooky psychological thing about 'The Piano' before it began, which was how everybody was going to go nuts on the set. Because a film tends to set up the way people are going to behave.

The child has a mind able to absorb knowledge. He has the power to teach himself.

I wake up and I go to work. I don't look for the cup of coffee. The universe is enough of a draw for me - to awaken me and have me bound out of bed and go to my office.

Believe that there are no limitations, no barriers to your success --- you will be empowered and you will achieve.