Writing is done by someone. It is not, like some mythical goddess, a skill that springs forth, full grown from the genes of inspiration.

Insights and perceptions pass through the mind like fleet fireflies. Lit for an instant, then gone back into the dark.

Great writers zealously learn the craft of their profession so they can release the power and the depth of their imagination and experience.

Any writer who believes in the 'lucky creative accident' in writing is pushing elephants on roller skates up greased ramps.

I'm such a geek, I know all about mythology and I don't know Marc Jacobs.

It's a rare gift, you know, to feel reverence for your own life and to want the best, the greatest, the highest possible, here, now, for your very own.

We have a passion for keeping things simple.

Generally speaking, actors are allowed NO input. Actors are dumb.

Art is nothing without form.

I want a guy who can clean my gutters and kill my spiders - who's simple yet layered.

Every possibility begins with the courage to imagine.

I told my agents that I love Holly Hunter and Frances McDormand and all of these women who are good at doing comedies, as well as dramas.

Such heaps of broken glass to sweep away / You'd think the inner dome of heaven had fallen.

Dogs are great teachers. They are at home in the world. They live in the moment, and they force us to stay there with them. Dogs love us unconditionally, not for our bodies or bank accounts.