Without suffering, there'd be no compassion.

He was the kind of man everyone would fall in love with, even if they didn't want to.

Yes... it wasn't over, it still isn't over.

I read over a hundred books a year and have done so since I was fifteen years old, and every book I've read has taught me something.

You need someone who has a really good way of enabling trust in the cast and crew, or the cast particularly, to allow them the confidence to stretch themselves to get the performance that you're going to need to provide all of the emotional up and downs in the film.

While I'm not an expect in psychology, I'm of the opinion that anyone - even strangers - can sense the urgency of a request, and most people will usually do the right thing.

Writing the last page of the first draft is the most enjoyable moment in writing. It's one of the most enjoyable moments in life, period.