When you dont inherit an identity you have to define it on your own.

I just like that dynamic in relationships in movies where they're kind of lovers as rivals, you know?

I always remembered that when I saw people get married they got on a rocketship and went to Planet Happiness, Population: Them.

It's very important to keep the emotions grounded, to keep the characters in some real place.

Audiences can tell when you're being fake and they will eat you alive. But if you're doing something authentic they will connect to it and that can lead to commercial success.

Sundance is a really special place. They're very protective of movies, especially lower-budget movies.

There's a punk rock quality to Peter Parker, that I identified with when I read the comics [Spider-Man], and that I really liked. He has this chip on his shoulder.

When you have to react to a lizard that's a tennis ball, it's a really, really difficult, tricky piece of craft.

Something you can do in a comic that you can't do in a film is that you can have thought bubbles.

There's a bigger universe at hand.

Earnestness can ferment into sentimentality.

With twice his wits, she had to see things through his eyes -- one of the tragedies of married life.

I remember wishing there was snow in L.A. And how jealous we used to get of those Christmas specials with kids playing in the snow.

I have a social philosophy; you have political opinions; he has an ideology.

All good Literature rests primarily on insight.

I feel that there has been progress made since I was a boy on matters of race, but we have a long way to go.

I try not to worry about rewriting books that worked well the first time. I'm too busy writing new books to worry about things that are already in print

I don't think I'd like Manhattan anymore. My mother-in-law lives there, and you go there. But I like looking at it from a distance. It's a fantastic sight - every time, it awes me.

People are resilient. After all, every person born has recovered from nine months on life support.

Maybe I'm going from that tomboy-ish state to feeling a bit more womanly. I've enjoyed wearing some fancy frocks. It's nice once in a while.

I am relatively sure, from conversations that I had with former president Bill Clinton, that George Bush seldom called upon him for advice.