Marriage is memory, marriage is time.

The wind shows us how close to the edge we are.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self.

We are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not.

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.

Memory fades, memory adjusts, memory conforms to what we think we remember.

We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

The fear is for what is still to be lost.

Do not whine... Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.

Short stories demand a certain awareness of one's own intentions, a certain narrowing of the focus.

The war to preserve the privilege of mythmaking

Reason number 106 why dogs are smarter than humans: once you leave the litter, you sever contact with your mothers.

Water is sufficient...the spirit moves over water.

To win you have to score one more goal than your opponent.

All great change in America begins at the dinner table.

I was pretty excited to meet Cate Blanchett. She's great, she's amazing, I think she's one of the most beautiful women in the universe. And I mean the universe, not the world.

Approaching any movie with a three in the title you know you are not going to get a political polemic. You are not going to get some sort of political statement or ultra-deep message.

Now the skies could fall Not even if my boss should call The world it seems so very small 'Cause nothing even matters at all

I don't know whether Europe will accept us, but Africa has already put us on their waiting list.

I grew up in a storytelling culture, a tribal culture, but also in an American storytelling culture.