L.A. is full of screenwriters. I don't know why. On many levels, it's such a thankless occupation.

I want to write songs that are so sad, the kind of sad where you take someone's little finger and break it in three places.

Love is a state that I would like to exist in continuously.

An artist's duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have to be ready for that little artistic Epiphany.

I can control the weather with my moods. I just can’t control my moods.

Kylie Minogue is the greatest thing that has happened to Australian music.

It's a wonderful life if you can find it.

He who seeks, finds, and who knocks, will be let in.

All of our days are numbered. We cannot afford to be idle. To act on a bad idea is better than to not act at all, because the worth of an idea never becomes apparent until you do it.

But if you're gonna dine with them cannibals Sooner or later, darling, you're gonna get eaten . . .

The artistic process seems to be mythologized quite a lot into something far greater than it actually is. It is just hard labor.

He thought of his remembrance of Jordan, thought of how it hurt to even look at Isabelle and Clary. Without memory, they were lost. And nobody wanted someone they loved to be lost.

He [Bloch] was one of those touchy, highly-strung people who cannot bear to have made a blunder, will not admit it to themselves, and whose whole day is ruined by it.

Thomas felt his spirits lift, but immediately squashed them back down. Getting his hopes up was something he’d sworn never to do again. Not until all this was over.

It is only error in judgement to make a mistake but it shows infirmity of character to adhere to it when discovered.

Joys divided are increased.

Revenge is fruitless.

The information that is passed from person to person and from generation to generation is the primary factor that gives humans a competitive advantage over other animals.

I am a man of peace. I believe in peace. But I do not want peace at any price.

Love is invisible and comes and goes where it wants, without anyone asking about it.

[History is] the story of the magnificent rear-guard action fought during several thousand years by dogma against curiosity.