We need things, and the opposite of them, and we are so rarely completely comfortable.

Wherever there’s a conductor, you’re sure to find a dead composer!

But just suddenly I really, really needed to see you again right that minute, that night.

Is it useful to feel fear, because it prepares you for nasty events, or is it useless, because nasty events will occur whether you are frightened or not?

So she loved him. She just did immediately and again often and clearly naturally and soundly and obviously and many others.

Anyone who thinks the pen is mightier than the sword has not been stabbed with both.

I had written eight drafts of the Lemony Snicket' screenplay when this changing-of-the-guard thing happened, and I said to the new producers, "I don't think I could write any more drafts." I guess I was sort of hoping they would say, "Well that's okay, this last one is perfect." But instead, they said, "It's funny you should say that. We don't think you can write any more drafts either."