...sentences swallowed and sung back and swallowed all over again. She was made entirely out of words.

We used to call it her Cinderella complex, because often when she had agreed to go out in the evening she would be seized by panic and announce that she had nothing to wear.

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 when persons say definitely it sounds actually less true.

If I was made of cake I'd eat myself before somebody else could.

Books are the air I breathe, so I don't notice the seasons.

With a time-based medium like theater or film, you can't have the audience getting restless in their seats. They're stuck there on their bums; you have to pay enormous attention to pace and you can't lose your way.