It only takes one mistake and nothing else you ever do will matter. No matter how hard you work or how smart you become, you'll always be known for that one poor choice.

Screenwriters get paid a hell of a lot more money but their level of frustration seems to be so high that I don't want that.

Everyone holds a certain type of power. For young people, it's their youth, their attractiveness, and their energy. But they're terrified that as those qualities fade, what are they going to replace that form of power with?

And the more she could imagine this island, the less she liked the real world. The more she could imagine the people, the less she liked any real people.

If I can't be beautiful, I want to be invisible.

What you write should entertain you and serve you first. Don't worry about maintaining anything beyond your own attention. Focus on exorcising your demons in the work. If you can do that, then you'll succeed in the world.

I am an invisible monster, and I am incapable of loving anybody. You don't know which is worse.