Writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.

No more crying. It's all wetness and no comfort at all.

But, how do you know if an ending is truly good for the characters unless you've traveled with them through every page?

All I've ever wanted was to be near you.

Many times I have learned that, you never judge a book by its cover. Like people, it is the inside that counts.

Mama used to say, you have to know someone a thousand days before you can glimpse her soul.

It was karma, it was kismet, it was magic. It doesn't matter how it happened, just that it did.

I think the only way to get through this life is laughing hard and constantly, mostly at myself.

You are my butterfly and refuse to set you free.

I do like the world quite a lot.

Even the jerks earn some of our affection. We can be glad they're gone and yet still mourn the good parts.

What must I say, that you don’t know on your own?

You were born with a snake in both of your fists while a hurricane was blowing.

When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love them.

Teaching is a wonderful way to learn.

The humility that cringes in order that reproof may be escaped or favor obtained is as unchristian as it is profoundly immoral.

It is not so much the example of others we imitate as the reflection of ourselves in their eyes and the echo of ourselves in their words.

'Speed' and 'Point Break' were a lot of running and jumping, and then 'The Matrix Trilogy' had a lot of fights and wire work and green screen elements.

There's going to be a new gem in Hollywood, it's called Agron

If you want to get broken in good, put four girls on the road together in a van and tour up and down the country.

I would rather my soul broil in hell than I do you any harm.