Writing is the crack through which you can crawl into a bigger world, into your wild mind.

Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency.

Trust in what you love, continue to do it, and it will take you where you need to go.

Handwriting is more connected to the movement of the heart.

We are important and our lives are important, magnificent really, and their details are worthy to be recorded.

I used to think freedom meant doing whatever you want. It means knowing who you are, what you are supposed to be doing on this earth, and then simply doing it.

This is your life. You are responsible for it. You will not live forever. Don't wait.

Writers end up writing about their obsessions. Things that haunt them; things they can’t forget; stories they carry in their bodies waiting to be released.

It is odd that we never question the feasibility of a football team practicing long hours for one game; yet in writing we rarely give ourselves the space for practice.

Write what disturbs you, what you fear, what you have not been willing to speak about. Be willing to be split open.

Play around. Dive into absurdity and write. Take chances. You will succeed if you are fearless of failure.

With a roof over his head he had ceased to work, living off his [war] pension and his wits, both hopelessly inadequate.

Every gift is held by two hands: the one that gives, and the one that takes away.

For the marriage bed ordained by fate for men and women is stronger than an oath and guarded by Justice.

What happens between action and cut for me is a blur, I go almost into a whiteout, and then I see the film and I'm like, "Oh that's what I did? Cool!"

When the shot is afterwards subjected to white light, colour appears because of selective reflection.

I had rather munch a crust of brown bread and an onion in a corner, without any more ado, or ceremony, than feed upon turkey at another man's table.

Typography fostered the modern idea of individuality, but it destroyed the medieval sense of community and integration.

You know, you could live a thousand lifetimes and not deserve him.

Sounds so silly, but I want to accomplish getting my kids through college.

If I am facing problems and difficulties and I find an answer, I am very eager to share it with someone else. It kind of makes going through the problems or difficulties worthwhile.