I looked at the ceiling and wished this life was over. This unhappy life that had started out so confidently. I thought I would sleep no more that night but eventually I did. In the end we always wear out our worries. That's what Wire man says.

I love music, and I can play a little. But anyone can see the difference between someone who's talented and someone that's not.

Might as well try to drink the ocean with a spoon as argue with a lover.

I'm convinced that FEAR is at the root, of all bad writing

The scholar's greatest weakness: calling procrastination research.

True love always happens in a flash.

Carrie was a terrific piece of work. At the end of the movie comes, when Amy Irving kneels down to put the flowers on Carrie's grave, a hand comes up through the grave and seizes her by the arm. The audience went to the roof, totally to the roof. It was just the most amazing reaction. And I thought, 'We have a monster hit on our hands. Brian De Palma has done something new. He's actually created a shock ending that shocks an audience that was ready for a horror film.' And there were several people who did it after that.