I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you might nudge the world a little or make a poem that children will speak for you when you are dead.

Death followed by eternity the worst of both worlds. It is a terrible thought.

Normally, even if you're on the set for 12 hours, there may be only a moment or two when you are actually useful.

Fatherlessness didn't strike me as being an event. It was a state of life.

Each move is dictated by the previous one--that is the meaning of order

The hard part is getting to the top of page 1.

Pirates could happen to anyone.