Write what you like, then imbue it with life and make it unique by blending in your own personal knowledge of life, friendship, relationships, sex, and work. Especially work. People love to read about work. God knows why, but they do.

The good thing about being old, is you don’t have to worry about dying young.

Americans are apocalyptic by nature. The reason why is that we've always had so much, so we live in deadly fear that people are going to take it away from us.

Only God gets things right the first time.

I think a lot of times dreams are nothing more than a kind of mental or spiritual flatulence. They're a way of relieving pressure.

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

Some part of me knew from the first that what I wanted was not reality but myth.