It's the periods and the commas that you have to forget about. The words never change, but the intonations change.

If you've got time to waste, you might as well waste it listening to people.

Though it may not seem like it, I never try to write about a place, per se; it's always, first and last, about story. Story is everything. Story and a bit of attitude.

When you've got good actors, they're going to come up with good stuff, but you're never quite sure how the dynamics are going to work between them.

It isn't about being or not being dead, it's about what you leave behind

I hope there's some kind of morality in all my work.

'Pulp Fiction' is an amazing film, and I haven't made one nearly as good.

I realize that I am never going to grow up.

I won't work on anyone's else's script. I won't write for anyone else. I write my own stuff and make that when the time is right.

When I'm happiest writing is just not knowing where it goes and just let the characters bring you there.

I never really tell anyone what I'm writing beforehand because I usually don't know what it will be.

Keep dreaming, Keep hoping, Keep lovingKeep giving, keep motivating, Keep forgiving, Keep praying, Keep tithing, Keep sharing your testimony.

Be confidently assured that any ‘gods’ that we build will always have veracious appetites, and sooner or later they will gorge themselves on that which built them.

It's easy for people to say stuff when they don't know the full story.

Do not allow the accents in the brass to produce space between the notes.

Our inability to relate to one another is very, very, very important. When we don't have it, we get situations like Bosnia

With a rock band, you play the same things over and over and over.

The reality is that most of the time, the more bizarre the trend, the more bogus the results.

You do not need to work to become spiritual. You are spiritual; you need only to remember that fact. Spirit is within you. God is within you. (67)

... but I'm always being invaded by others' souls so I can't see my own soul very well.

An office is a place to... live life to the fullest. To the max. To... an office is a place where dreams come true.