It's broadening. You meet people in your family you'd never happen to run into otherwise.

Art is inherently subversive. It’s destabilizing. It undermines what you already know and what you already think. It is the opposite of propaganda.

Whether it is done quickly or slowly, however splendid the results, the process of writing fiction is inherently, inevitably, indistinguishable from wasting time.

Every moment is all the things that have happened before and all the things that are going to happen, and...the way all those things look at one point on their way along a line.

When one writes, there’s the double horror of discovering not only what it is that one so fears but also the triviality of that fear.

I always thought of writing as holy. I still do. It’s not something to be approached casually.

I'm a person with virtually no feelings.

Everything makes me angry, unless it makes me sad.

If you formulate your question properly, mathematics gives you the answer

I'm a little worried... Brave New World seems a bit more real everyday. . .

Respect is a one way street, it goes from bottom to top

Those who have teachable spirit get wiser and wiser daily.

A change in perspective is worth 80 IQ points. Perspective is worth 80 IQ points. Point of view is worth 80 IQ points

There's no great movie where you haven't been emotionally connected to the main character.

The people I respect all died broke and despairing. They didn't leave a lot of hammered iron behind them like Donald Trump has done.

As a writer I'm more drawn to villains who are just slightly mad.

The reason my films work is because every actor on set is very secure. They're able to fly.

The Chinese do make vast quantities of wine for home consumption, but you wouldn't want to drink it yourself.