The only person who has artistic control is the director, and 'director' is how you spell God in Hollywood.

The tactics...no, amateurs discuss tactics,.... Professional soldiers study logistics.

Being a victim is more palatable than having to recognize the intrinsic contradictions of one's own governing philosophy.

Fix your eyes forward on what you can do, not back on what you cannot change.

The point of life was to press on, to do the best you can, to make the world a better place.

Anti-Catholicism is the last respectable prejudice. You can't hate black people anymore, of course, and you can't hate homosexuals anymore, but you can hate all the Catholics you want.

Keep at it! The one talent that's indispensable to a writer is persistence. You must write the book, else there is no book. It will not finish itself. Do not try to commit art. Just tell the damned story.