When God hands you a gift, he also hands you a whip; and the whip is intended for self-flagellation solely.

She is pure Alice in Wonderland, and her appearance and demeanor are a nicely judged mix of the Red Queen and a Flamingo.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.

I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.

The wind is us-- it gathers and remembers all our voices, then sends them talking and telling through the leaves and the fields.

Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.

I love New York, even though it isn't mine, the way something has to be, a tree or a street or a house, something, anyway, that belongs to me because I belong to it.

When you've got nowhere to turn, turn on the gas.

Well, I'm about as tall as a shotgun, and just as noisy.

A man who doesn't dream is like a man who doesn't sweat. He stores up a lot of poison.

Words have the greatest power to inflict everlasting pain. Words have the greatest power to heal the soul.

So after all justice comes...(Person of Interest)

But as a writer and performer, I want to get paid for what I do.

My first book took five years to write and I made $1,000 on it. The second took three years and I made $3,000. All this time I was a housewife being supported by a husband. I was very lucky.

Genius is what makes us forget the master's talent.

People say the most stupid things on the spur of the moment that they then have to retract.

How tired God must be of guilt and loneliness, for that is all we ever bring to Him.

Movies will finally reflect the world we live in, not some weird dinosaur reality.

I'd like to sell a lot of books.

I think making things that appear simple is incredibly hard.