That's the point of words. They get around.

A VIP area is nothing without not-so-important people.

Revenge! The stupidest motive on earth, just an attempt to change history.

I kind of think of engineering like the chefs at a restaurant. Nobody's going to deny chefs are integrally important, but there's also so many other people who contribute to a great meal.

I never start a section of the story without knowing how it will end. I also consciously try to shape the story as though it were a movie.

Pray for 'all men.' We usually pray more for things than we do for men. Our prayers should be thrown across their pathway as they rush in their downward course to a lost eternity.

The British press isn't as vicious as it used to be, and these days it's sort of cool to care again. Everyone loves an everyman anthem.

Every day is a Sabbath to me. All pure water is holy water, and this earth is a celestial abode.

I don't understand that about Taylor Swift, or about Joan [Mitchell] - how can she not say she's a feminist?! People don't understand what the word means. It simply means equal rights before the law.

I write about what I know, what I live, what I observe.

I spend a lot of time talking to young and emerging producers on Twitter, feeding back thoughts and encouraging them.