Stories are how we remember; we tend to forget lists and bullet points.

Most of life's actions are within our reach, but decisions take willpower.

Angry contradiction of the patriarch is not creativity; it's delinquency calling for attention. Difference for the sake of difference is as empty an achievement as slavishly following the commercial imperative.

When talented people write badly, it's generally for one of two reasons: Either they're blinded by an idea they feel compelled to prove of they're driven by an emotion they must express. When talented people write well, it is generally for this reason: They're moved by a desire to touch the audience.

I cannot be a character in a bad movie. I can't be.

No civilization, including Plato's, has ever been destroyed because its citizens learned too much.

Stories are the currency of human relationships.