When I was a little kid I thought like a little kid, but now I'm five I know everything

So much as I enjoy big novels of epic sweep, I often find, say, if they follow several generations, by the third generation, I'm not caring about the people anymore.

I thought one way to try to hold on to the power was to write the script myself. That way, I could say to filmmakers, "I'm not asking you to hire me unseen. I'm just saying, 'Here's my script. Can we work together?'" So that worked out well.

...Sometimes I suspect that what had really happened was that we became more resigned, more cynical, raised our pain thresholds as we lowered our expectations. All in all, settled for less.

...real loneliness is having no one to miss. Think yourself lucky you've known something worth missing.

Stories are a different kind of true.

Maybe I’m a human, but I’m a me-and-Ma as well.