To master magical realism, one must make the real seem unreal but, more importantly, make the unreal seem real.

Writing should beguile us, not just take us from A to B to Zzzzz

Sadly, there are writers who wouldn't know an umlaut from an omelet.

Famous people steal my quotes all of the time without knowing

It should be made clear that religious freedom DOES NOT include the right to persecute others, nor the right to take away their humanity and equal treatment before the law.

You can choose courage or you can choose comfort, but you can't have both.

The mistakes of the fool are known to the world, but not to himself. The mistakes of the wise man are known to himself, but not to the world.

I didn't have a hard time making it. I had a hard time letting it go.

Physics is really figuring out how to discover new things that are counterintuitive, like quantum mechanics. It's really counterintuitive.

When you make these films, they become like your children. But at a certain point, they don’t belong to you anymore; they belong to the world.

In 1975 I met Alison Brown and in 1982 we were married. She works for Cornell Computer Services.

I am pleased the Ministry of Culture is protecting the morals of expatriate bankers and their girlfriends.

Picasso is a painter, so am I; Picasso is Spanish, so am I; Picasso is a communist, neither am I.