There is no security no assurance that because we wrote something good two months ago we will do it again. Actually every time we begin we wonder how we ever did it before.

Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency.

Trust in what you love, continue to do it, and it will take you where you need to go.

Handwriting is more connected to the movement of the heart.

We are important and our lives are important, magnificent really, and their details are worthy to be recorded.

I used to think freedom meant doing whatever you want. It means knowing who you are, what you are supposed to be doing on this earth, and then simply doing it.

This is your life. You are responsible for it. You will not live forever. Don't wait.

Writers end up writing about their obsessions. Things that haunt them; things they can’t forget; stories they carry in their bodies waiting to be released.

It is odd that we never question the feasibility of a football team practicing long hours for one game; yet in writing we rarely give ourselves the space for practice.

Write what disturbs you, what you fear, what you have not been willing to speak about. Be willing to be split open.

Play around. Dive into absurdity and write. Take chances. You will succeed if you are fearless of failure.

If the weeds are removed and there is nothing planted, it is the weeds that will keep growing.

Love is not an Emotion, It is your very Existence.

Architecture is a continuing dialogue between generations which creates an environment across time.

If you can't be thankful for what you receive be thankful for what you escape.

If an audience doesn't get that [Black Snake Moan] is a movie about overcoming exploitation, it could come across as incredibly misogynistic. That would be the worst thing in the world for me.

You do a film and you know where you're going, you have this material to stretch and play with as much as possible because you know how it ends.

I don't like department stores. I had a chain of department stores back in 1994 which was Lewis's and Owen Owen, only for a short time, and I found department stores personally difficult.

Believe in yourself. Tell yourself everyday "I am a talented person with a wonderful gift to give others!"

Ahimsa (non-killing), truthfulness, purity, mercy, and godliness are always to be kept.

Nobody really knows what the Bourne shell's grammar is. Even examination of the source code is little help.