I don't think I'm like Shakespeare.

My visions of the future are always pretty much standard issue. The rich get richer, the poor get poorer and there are flying cars.

If I find out I have to write today and nothing else, that’s a perfect day. I know a lot of people who are great at it and make it look easy who are tortured and miserable people. Writing for me is perfect peace.

Forgiveness is like a great act of compassion. That it was done not because someone deserved it, but because they needed it.

Women all live a double standard.

I still believe that even though 'The Empire Strikes Back' is better in innumerable ways than 'Star Wars,' 'Star Wars' wins.

Passion... it lies in all of us. Sleeping, waiting, and though unwanted, unbidden, it will stir, open its jaws, and howl. It speaks to us, guides us... passion rules us all. And we obey. What other choice do we have?