On one level, a roomful of men is always a dangerous thing. Competition is usually in the air, so the potential for violence is always nearby.

But if I've learned anything about the world of grace, it's that failure is always a chance for a do-over.

The result is ... that there's no room left in the world for the weird – though plenty for crude, contemptuous, wisecracking, fun-poking imitations of it.

There was existence in oblivion

For the record, telling your boyfriend that your not-as-dead-as-you-might-have-implied mother has been arrested for murder doesn’t go over well

In a sense, being a full-time writer is less fun because there's no office to go to anymore, there's no set routine, there's no schedule. It can be quite isolating.

There are people who in large measure have information that we need . . . so that we can track down the weapons of mass destruction in that country.

I thought it would be such a sick joke to have to remain to be alive for decades and not believe in or feel anything.

Actors fall into this trap if they missed being loved for who they really were and not for what they could do - sing, dance, joke about - then they take that as love.

We can't change minds without knowing what's in them.

You don't become a saint until you lead a good life whether in Tibet or Italy or America.

Some people grow into their dreams, instead of out of them.