Never measure literature by accounting statistics. A quarter of working authors earn less than $1,000.

I had to learn the image is not the word, which is a jolt for a literary soul. But it has served me well in terms of understanding plot, in terms of watching actors develop characters.

Whenever I doubt the existence of God or the Goddess, I look at horses. Only God could have made a horse.

I believe in art that conceals art.

You sell a screenplay like you sell a car. If someone drives it off a cliff, that's it.

About all you can do in life is be who you are.

Art is moral passion married to entertainment. Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television.