would you reach in the drawer there and give me my purse. A girl doesn't read this sort of thing without her lipstick.

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

I guess if you're that thin and that small you don't need to take up too much space or breathe that much air. You just keep on going.

The enemy was anyone who was someone he wanted to be or who had anything he wanted to have.

I can see every monster as they come in.

Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself.

Most people don't find their creativity. There are more unsung geniuses that don't even know they have great talent.