Time heals. Crushes let up. Splinters work their way out. Doesn't mean they don't leave scars that itch.

Only other people can make you feel real.

Memory is curated. All this paraphernalia you collect to ward off forgetting

There are patterns because we try to find them. A desperate attempt at order because we can't face the terror that it might all be random.

(…) everything is finite. Life. Love. All this.' (…) 'Sadness too. Although that's harder to let go of than happiness.

Dope don't have no sympathy, not for love or family, definitely not for fear. Put dope and the devil up against each other in the ring, and dope will win out. Every single time.

Next time, can you ask him to bring cookies? I don't like to put up with that level of insane unless there's some kind of high-calorie compensation.

She laughs, and that's really all he wanted.

It's why you need other fingers, other tongues. Only other people can make you feel real.

Don’t expect the world to dish you your wishes, go out and serve yourself.

Marriage is give and take. You'd better give it to her or she'll take it anyway.

If a deadly snake slithering around in a pre-school bit a child, would you box it up for a month as punishment, and then release it to prey upon the children once again?

It's sad that bad things have to happen in order for us to stop and look around.

You never know if you're a writer. You can't trust it. If you woke up and said, "I'm a writer," it would be gone. You wouldn't see anything for miles - even the dust would be running away.

Every sentence, every phrase, every word has to fight for its life.

Friends, you and me... you brought another friend... and then there were three... we started our group... our circle of friends... and like that circle... there is no beginning or end.

Gods' payment is the best payment.

Some kids are fine, but often I don't like what I see in child actors. My kids are young and they are already showing an interest, so I have to try to discourage them, squash that in them.

If people have split views about your work, I think it's flattering. I'd rather have them feel something about it than dismiss it.