By its very nature, film is supposed to be an accessible medium to everybody.

I don't want you to apologize for being rich; I want you to acknowledge that in America, we all should have to pay our fair share.

My wife says, and I agree with her, that what would be really great for Maine would be to legalize dope completely and set up dope stores the way that there are state-run liquor stores. You could get your Acapulco gold or your whatever it happened to be - your Augusta gold or your Bangor gold. And people would come from all the other states to buy it, and there could be a state tax on it. Then everybody in Maine could have a Cadillac.

Writers remember everything...especially the hurts. Strip a writer to the buff, point to the scars, and he'll tell you the story of each small one. From the big ones you get novels. A little talent is a nice thing to have if you want to be a writer, but the only real requirement is the ability to remember the story of every scar. Art consists of the persistence of memory.

Reading in bed can be heaven, assuming you can get just the right amount of light on the page and aren't prone to spilling your coffee or cognac on the sheets.

Eddie discovered one of his childhood's great truths. Grownups are the real monsters, he thought.

Outside, a gusty October breeze was combing leaves from the trees and sending them across her backyard in colorful skitters.