What are you? From where did you come? I have never seen anything like you.” The Creator Raven looked at Man and was  …   surprised to find that this strange new being was so much like himself.

Te aseguro que no soy de las que quieren a medias. Mis sentimientos siempre son profundos y arraigados"...

The pleasure or the benefit that the object of our deed derives from it is every now and then greater or even more important than the one we derive from the deed.

Writing a novel is like traveling the universe on foot.

Husband-hunting. Always a rousing sport. I suppose you go there dressed to kill.""No, indeed. What good is a dead husband?" She smiled airily. "I go dressed to maim only.

Art is accusation, expression, passion. Art is a fight to the finish between black charcoal and white paper.

Complacency is the deadly enemy of spiritual progress. The contented soul is the stagnant soul.

You're demonstrating a courage that most people can't even fathom: giving it all away in order to have yourself

I think movies are great and I have a great time making them but they're not what keeps you warm at night, or what's ultimately the most important thing in anyone's life journey.

Stories are like relics, part of an undiscovered preexisting world. The writer's job is to use the tools in his or her toolbox to get as much of each one out of the ground intact as possible.

I know what I am fighting for. I am fighting for the most basic rights of innocent children. And that is why I never take the criticism too deep under my skin.