writing is how I understand everything that happens. Writing is the only way I know to move on.

I have one rule I live by: Only do what you can do. That neans you're never looking outside for what's popular; you're always looking inside for what's true.

In Los Angeles, by the time you're 35, you're older than most of the buildings.

New Yorkers are born all over the country, and then they come to New York City and it hits them: Oh, that’s who I am.

Someone will always tell you what you want to hear.

in the family I grew up in, being called boring was like being called an ax murderer.

There is something fantastic about getting divorced. Everyone should do it to experience the extraordinary sense of freedom after being in marriage jail.

Children are a house's enemy. They don't mean to be - they just can't help it. It's their enthusiasm, their energy, their naturally destructive tendencies.

One cannot overstate the potential for hysteria on a movie set. Everyone always acts as if making the movie is as important as eradicating malaria.

As complicated as joint custody is, it allows the delicious contradiction of having children and maintaining the intimacy of life-before-kid s.

On the subject of spinach: divide into little piles. Rearrange again into new piles. After five of six maneuvers, sit back and say you are full.

Love everyone today as if today is the last day of your life.

Modern medical advances have helped millions of people live longer, healthier lives. We owe these improvements to decades of investment in medical research.

To write a story, I think you really have to open yourself up to the world.

If everyone could understand the working of a psychopath's mind, we undoubtedly would be closer to insanity ourselves.

You may have the bishop pair but I have the ultimate advantage; I am the better player!

Come to the woods, for here is rest. There is no repose like that of the green deep woods.

Some people say they love animals and yet harm them nonetheless; I'm glad those people don't love me.

You ask if we shall know our friends in heaven. - Do you suppose we are greater fools there than here?

I cannot explain my plays. Each must find out for himself what is meant

Just because one is spiritual doesn't mean that one doesn't like crocodile, cashmere. We live in a material world. We still experience these things. It doesn't mean to completely disregard them.