Want! You must want something. What do you want?

Time, which is your enemy in almost everything in this life, is your friend in writing.

We are made to persist. that's how we find out who we are.

Fearlessness in those without power is maddening to those who have it.

One of the things that draws writers to writing is that they can get things right that they got wrong in real life by writing about them.

The beauty of a fragment is that it still supports the hope of brilliant completeness.

A piece of writing is a dangerous thing," he said. "It can change your life.

Real maturity is the ability to imagine the humanity of every person as fully as you believe in your own humanity.

Memory is funny. Once you hit a vein the problem is not how to remember but how to control the flow.

Everything has to be pulling weight in a short story for it to be really of the first order.

Most of us dont live lives that lend themselves to novelistic expression, because our lives are so fragmented.

The next 15 years are more important than the previous 15. The past is done

For thirty minutes I sat back and felt the glimmer of pride that historically precedes the most catastrophic falls.

I loved the full heat of being drunk, like I was made of melting chocolate and spreading in all directions.

The secret of happiness is renunciation.

The left and Democrats are relying on the decline the American character that left-wing policies have produced.

I only know that I feel tired, antiquated; I feel as though I had been living a long, long time.

'Chasing Amy' was an amazing role, but then after that, I went and did 'Big Daddy' and you're the girlfriend or you're the best friend. I wasn't getting the Nicole Kidman roles.

Are you motivated? Are you coherent? Is your intention aligned? Are your feet, tongue, heart and wallet congruent? That intention shines through.

Life is a tide; float on it. Go down with it and go up with it, but be detached. Then it is not difficult.

All my life I've thought I needed someone to complete me, now I know I need to belong to myself.