Writing is magic, as much the water of life as any other creative art. The water is free. So drink. Drink and be filled up.

Quiet people have the loudest minds.

Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

The water was glassy and calm, still candy-colored in the afterglow of sunset.

A life without love is like a tree without fruit.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

Outside, daylight was bleeding slowly toward dusk.

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.

In a world as noisy as ours, only those who can isolate themselves will be able to think better and meditate better and hence have a higher chance of receiving innovative ideas and concepts.

Cinema is a world of imagination.

I know you like the way I am freakin' it. I talk with slang and I'm never gonna stop speakin' it.

I know everything about candy. Would you believe I even know where to find gumballs in the middle of Africa?

If you'd asked me in 1980 what the big impact of microprocessors would be, I probably would have missed the PC. If you asked me in 1990 what was important, I probably would have missed the Internet.

I think, you know, a lot of the business of comedy is taking your personal experiences and making them relatable to other people.

My native land, good night!

Sometimes it's just silent...No sound at all. 'Does that scare you?' Chad nods. 'Why?' asks his father. 'It's like something's waiting.

We all sang the songs of peace

A Pakistan that falls apart, becomes a failed state, would be of extraordinary danger to Afghanistan and to America.