You've got to jump off cliffs and build your wings on the way down.

What are the best things and the worst things in your life, and when are you going to get around to whispering or shouting them?

I'm being ironic. Don't interrupt a man in the midst of being ironic, it's not polite. There!

You fail only if you stop writing.

Any carefully planned thing destroys the creativity. You can't think your way through a story; you have to live it. So, you don't build a story; you allow it to explode.

Love what you do and do what you love. Don't listen to anyone else who tells you not to do it. You do what you want, what you love. Imagination should be the center of your life.

We have too many cellphones. We've got too many internets. We have got to get rid of those machines. We have too many machines now.