Of course, at their best, movies are anti-literature and, as a medium, belong not to writers, not to actors, but to directors.

I always write the end of everything first. I always write the last chapters of my books before I write the beginning....Then I go back to the beginning. I mean, it's always nice to know where you're going is my theory.

I despise people who can't control themselves.

I know the next best thing is often the very best.

She took off her dark glasses and squinted at me. It was as though her eyes were shattered prisms, the dots of blue and gray and green like broken bits of sparkle.

Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me pegged, because of the way I am, the way I talk. And they're always wrong.

Leave it to me: I'm always top banana in the shock department.