That country whose people are autumn people, thinking only autumn thoughts.

I am madness maddened when it comes to books, writers, and the great granary silos where their wits are stored.

I have two rules in life - to hell with it, whatever it is, and get your work done.

That country whose people are autumn people, thinking only autumn thoughts.

Screenplays are not writing. They're a fake form of writing. It's a lot of dialogue and very little atmosphere. Very little description. Very little character work. It's very dangerous. You'll never learn to write.

I’ve often been accused of being too emotional and sentimental, but I believe in honest sentiment, and the need to purge ourselves at certain times, which is ancient. Men would live at least five or six more years and not have ulcers if they could cry better.

Long before you knew what death was you were wishing it on someone else.