Writing is like surfing on a wild sea, in the middle of a moonless night, in a hailstorm, on a deserted island.Yeah... that about sums it up.

Denial. It’s the only thing that keeps most of us from losing our sanity.

Sometimes my own darkness scares me.

It wasn't the wild animals that scared her, but the civilised ones.

Learn to light a candle in the darkest moments of someone’s life. Be the light that helps others see

Don't write so that you can be understood, write so that you can't be misunderstood.

Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.

If it doesn't matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score?

I want to speak for people that may not feel like they're being spoken for at the moment. And I want to make a connection between the world around us and the charts.

If you have a problem in mass society, you call the cops. The experts. You no longer have any operative connection with yourself or others, or with a functioning community.

TV [series] is a six-year decision. It's not four or five weeks. If a filmmaker and I don't get along, it's four weeks of your life, so whatever.

The intimacy which is contracted in infancy, and friendship which is formed in misfortune, are, of all others, the most lasting and unalterable.

You should put on the best version of yourself when you go out in the world because that is a show of respect to the other people around you.

There is much to do, and I am busy, very busy.