The same things that make you unique in this world, make you a target for the archers consumed by fear and jealousy.

Some want to be writers when life permits it. There is no part-time in being a writer. It’s an all-in way of living your life through words and feelings scratched out with a pen.

Digging deep inside you as a writer will damn near kill you at times. But in the end, your words will be true and undeniable for the reader, and that is all that ever really matters in writing.

Your glass seems like it will always be half full even it falls down and shatters to pieces

It's rare in life to look at all the people around you and realize that they're all invested in what you're doing.

The world likes humor, but it treats it patronizingly. It decorates its serious artists with laurel, and its wags with Brussels sprouts.

Only a vision - that is what one must have.

A truth that is merely handed on, without being thought anew from its very foundations, has lost its vital power.

My film about Bush didn't prevent his reelection.

The art of mastering life is the prerequisite for all further forms of expression, whether they are paintings, sculptures, tragedies, or musical compositions.

All we have, all we are, are clichés.

I struggled many times when maybe it didn't look like I was struggling, and I had to work hard every day.

Information about money is more important than money itself.