Isn’t that what it means to be civilized? That you can wait to get what you want?

When you have a good romance, find ways to make their lives miserable and hellish...Do you think 'Titanic' would have been so popular if they had both lived? Not a prayer.

[It] was written and sold. I knew it was a strong story because I cared about it and believed in it. I had no idea that it would have the effect it had on the audience. While most people ignored it, of course, and continue to live full and happy lives without reading it or anything else by me, there was still a surprisingly large group who responded to the story with some fervency.

She will look at you as women look at men, and she will judge you as a woman judge men, not on the strength of their arguments, and not in their cleverness or prowess in battle, but rather on the force of their character, the intensity of their passion, their strength of soul, their compassion, and... ah, this above all... their conversation.

When you walk on the face of a world, then forgiveness comes.

Being young is an 18 year prison sentence for a crime your parents committed. But you do get time off for good behavior.

We were all fated to die, and so it is good that at least we can be sure our deaths today might bring about a good end, might make the world a better place.