One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.

About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all.

The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.

Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.

Normal is the average of deviance.

You sell a screenplay like you sell a car. If someone drives it off a cliff, that's it.

Leroy bet me I couldn't find a pot of gold at the end, and I told him that was a stupid bet because the rainbow was enough.

I still miss those I loved who are no longer with me but I find I am grateful for having loved them. The gratitude has finally conquered the loss.

While the angels, all pallid and wan, Uprising, unveiling, affirm That the play is the tragedy, "Man", And its hero the Conqueror Worm.

When I got [my] library card, that was when my life began.

Virginia Woolf said that writers must be androgynous. I'll go a step further. You must be bisexual.

Who can count the sand by the sea?

The wisdom of God devised a way for the love of God to deliver sinners from the wrath of God while not compromising the righteousness of God.

The timing of events is a splendor of wonder.

Control is not humble; control is arrogant.

I am absolutely and inherently self-destructive in that I am always making sure I'm doing what I want to do.

The social states of human kinds Are made by multitudes of minds, And after multitudes of years A little human growth appears Worth having, even to the soul Who sees most plain it's not the whole.

I don't like it when a girl trys to hard and puts loads of makeup on. You gotta show some of yourself.

I never received any encouragement. My father would work nights and my mother would work during the day. We were expected to get a job with a trade.

The breeze of grace is always blowing on you. You have to open the sails and your boat will move forward.

The perfection in theater is that it's over the second it's done