Do you drink?" "Of course,I just said I was a writer.

Writing good dialogue is art as well as craft.

...maybe the world needs a cadre of smartasses to liven things up, who knows?

There will be water if God wills it.

Stories are artifacts, not really made things which we create and can take credit for, but pre-existing objects which we dig up.

Ninety-five percent of people who walk the earth are simply inert. One percent are saints, and one percent are assholes. The other three percent are people who do what they say they can do.

Andy Dufresne: 'That's the beauty of music. They can't get that from you...haven't you ever felt that way about music?' Red: 'I played a mean harmonica as a younger man. Lost interest in it though. Didn't make much sense in here.' Andy: 'Here's where it makes the most sense. You need it so you don't forget.' Red: 'Forget?' Andy: 'Forget that...there are places in this world that aren't made out of stone. That there's something inside...that they can't get to, that they can't touch. That's yours.' Red: 'What're you talking about?' Andy: 'Hope.'