Roland grabbed Jake and hauled him to his feet. “You came!” Jake shouted. “You really came!” “I came, yes. By the grace of the gods and the courage of my friends, I came.

Everything's a lot tougher when it's for real. That's when you choke. When it's for real.

And she sees that the moonlight is losing its orange glow. It has become buttery, and will soon turn to silver.

If you expect to succeed as a writer, rudeness should be the second-to-least of your concerns. The least of all should be polite society and what it expects. If you intend to write as truthfully as you can, your days as a member of polite society are numbered, anyway.

Kids absolutely not reading. I think it's because they're so screen-oriented [TVs, computers, smartphones]. They do read - girls in particular read a lot. They have a tendency to go toward the paranormal, romances, Twilight and stuff like that. And then it starts to taper off because other things take precedence, like the Kardashian sisters.

Directing teenage actors is like juggling jars of nitro-glycerine: exhilarating and dangerous.

Writing's about getting up, getting well, and getting over. Getting happy, okay? Getting happy.