I s'pose, I can't have it all my own way, can I? You can't drown in a person unless they let you.

I want words at my funeral. But I guess that means you need life in your life.

The happening that happened was that I met this girl.

A small fact: You are going to die....does this worry you?

I think, as the writer, you're always going to mourn something [left out of a film]. But you also just want to know there's a good reason for it being left out. On the whole, you want to give something to somebody creative. The worst thing you can do is say, "Here, be creative, but do it like I want you to do it." I was always very mindful of that.

Five hundred souls. I carried them in my fingers, like suitcases. Or I'd throw them over my shoulder. It was only the the children I carried in my arms.

Everything was good. But it was awful, too.