It was a miracle to me, this transformation of my acorns into an oak.

The world doesn't fully make sense until the writer has secured his version of it on the page. And the act of writing is strangely more lifelike than life.

No matter how many compromises were made along the way, no matter what happens in the future, a book is a thing to behold.

But editors are still the world's readers. And thus the eyes of the world.

[I]t's the child writer who has figured out, early on, that writing is about saving your soul.

...but every person who does serious time with a keyboard is attempting to translate his version of the world into words so that he might be understood.

The sacredness of solitude is spiritualty

Tomorrow's fast becoming our Past.

A man has to have sensibility, wit, mystery, tolerance, and strength... Romance also helps.

The world has become more diversified, with women becoming a real power of change.

Don't force me into saying what I don't want to say, and what I won't say.

Certainly being governor is an important job, and there are quality governors that could serve our country as president and have done so in the past.

I always write and create. I'm never not creating. I'm always creating a show, every year, whether it gets picked up or not. I always sell a pilot or an idea. I like to be in control.

When water is still like a mirror it can behold the Moon.

Some sigh for this and that; My wishes don't go far; The world may wag at will, So I have my cigar.

Women alone stir my imagination.