To my fellow authors heed these words with much importance, " It is redundant for a true writer to sell their soul for literary fame, since the soul is a writer's inner voice...

from Bill Clinton speech- People are more impressed by the power of our example rather than the example of our power...

Although the testimony of my mother’s life helped mold me and taught me how to live, the testimony of her last years and her death gave me insight into how to die.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.

My sad conviction is that people can only agree about what they're not really interested in.

For me the most moving moment came when I first started working on 2001. I was already in awe of him, and he had very much already become Stanley Kubrick by the time the film started.

Reminiscing, with obvious emotion, on his long career It has turned out a whole lot better than I ever, ever, ever dreamed.

I need a semblance of routine so little things, like having my morning cup of English breakfast tea and going to Pilates early before the world gets hectic, keeps me calm.

He also knows that certain moments repeat themselves.

Am I just chasing it because it's the hardest thing for me to get and I want to prove I can do it?