The only control you have over a movie is whether or not you decide to sell the rights.

There is nothing worse than war in the summetime.

There ain't a body, be it mouse or man, that ain't made better by a little soup.

I believe, sometimes, that the whole world has an aching heart.

Most of my books begin with an image or a voice - one small thing - and I don't know what it is going to become.

There's a Buddhist precept that the only thing you deserve is the chance to do the work, and I've been given the chance to do the work.

I'm continually astonished with myself how different people bring out things in me that I never knew I had inside me. Each new friendship can make you a new person, because it opens up new doors inside of you.