...never to rush something I was creating, but instead let it come into being as if it had a soul of it's own.

...who I am to talk? I dream of rain.

From the time I could read, I found solace in my father's library...At the ages of ten and eleven and twelve I would have preferred to remain in the library...

Perhaps I was drawn to stories in which people found their true desires because I was a stranger to myself.

There is the outside of a story, and the inside of a story... One is the fruit and may be delicious, but the other is the seed.

But I was not a mouse. In the fields where I walked, I was much more interested in the actions of the hawks.

I knew what happened in fairy tales. The strong survived while the weak were eaten alive.

She understood love. What destroys you saves you, she had told me.

I only had access to him when we were together in the library, and I loved them both -the library and my father- equally and without question.

Although my father had never been there, I came to believe I would someday see that city for him.

You are trapped by nothing more than a poor attitude

as you think, so is your reality

Individuals set boundaries to feel safe, respected, and heard.

I never really had the fun teens of exploring the world because I was sitting at home, learning programming.

All men are liars, said Roberta Muldoon, who knew this was true because she had once been a man.

If Jesus had preached the same message that ministers preach today, He would never have been crucified.

Whatever God gave you, you have to work that to your best ability - especially out here in Hollywood, the land of beautiful people.

It is much less what we do than what we think, which fits us for the future.

Fill the cup of happiness for others, and there will be enough overflowing to fill yours to the brim.

There will always be economic pressure to make hits, identify hits, and then exploit hits. And you're going to exploit them with as many episodes as you probably can.