I claim Dickens as a mentor. He's my teacher. He's one of my driving forces.

Ignore any loss of nerve, ignore any loss of self-confidence, ignore any doubt or confusion. Move on believing in love, in peace, and harmony, and in great accomplishment. Remember joy isn't a stranger to you. You are winning and you are strong. Love. Love first, love always, love forever.

What is written beneath this heavy handsome book cover will count, so sayeth this cover.

an intoxication with forbidden knowledge in which the natural things become unimportant.

Making a film, I've learned, can be an exhausting process, due to the need for backing, distribution, etc.

You can look at the New York Times Bestseller List and you can be pretty sure that the writers on that list don't know each other very well.

I know nothing of God or the Devil. I have never seen a vision nor learned a secret that would damn or save my soul.