The writer is all alone.

That element of surprise is what I look for when I am writing. It is my way of judging what I am doing - which is never an easy thing to do.

The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it.

One isn’t born one’s self. One is born with a mass of expectations, a mass of other people’s ideas – and you have to work through it all.

Most people are not really free. They are confined by the niche in the world that they carve out for themselves. They limit themselves to fewer possibilities by the narrowness of their vision.

It is wrong to have an ideal view of the world. That's where the mischief starts. That's where everything starts unravelling.

The only lies for which we are truly punished are those we tell ourselves.

Home is, I suppose just a child's idea. A house at night, and a lamp in the house. A place to feel safe.

One always writes comedy at the moment of deepest hysteria.

The world is always in movement.

All the details of the life and the quirks and the friendships can be laid out for us, but the mystery of the writing will remain. No amount of documentation, however fascinating, can take us there.

Healthy people learn how to frequently adjust their thoughts to make reality comfortable and realistic.

The people who come to me are the people who are meant to come to me.

Let the cut tell the story. Otherwise you have not got dramatic action, you've got narration.

There is no such thing as a 'self-made' man. We are made up of thousands of others.

Novelty is seldom the essential... make a subject better from its intrinsic nature.

Not, like, that, boychik, you sound like a herd of elephants charging through a music store.

Religious leaders need to be held accountable for their ideas.

That which you are looking for may be calling you to seek.

Some things in life you just can't ride around

Dreams are never just dreams, they are reality waiting to happen.