It’s always hard. If it was easy, everyone would do it rather than going around telling you their ideas and saying how they could be a writer if they had the time.

You can't make cheese from rats. ... It's hard enough just milking the little beggars.

The only thing that matters is what you do now, here.

Just because you're living in blissful oblivion doesn't mean you're not responsible.

Don't cook that chicken - it still has feathers.

Every battle, every war - is fought for things worth dying for.

I adore [my son]. I wouldn't trade him in for a Pulitzer - unless someone actually offered that as an option.