This is good, life must continue, we are fighting barbarians, but we must remain human.

‎I was cursed with the pessimism of both the Russians and the Jews two of the gloomiest tribes in the world. Still if there wasn't greatness in me maybe I had the talent to recognize it in others even in the most irritating others.

The longer you work in this business [movie], the more you start to be able to see the carpentry. You can see where things are going, and it's harder to surprise you, as a reader

I'll tell you a secret. Something they don't teach you in your temple. The Gods envy us. They envy us because we're mortal, because any moment might be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we're doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.

You don't like the girl. You don't know what color eyes she has, you don't like her.

A certain luxury when you get to writing a novel is to have the space to have your characters just banter.

This is good, life must continue, we are fighting barbarians, but we must remain human.