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

I'm sure Proust was a big bore.

If you happen to capture my imagination for some reason and I decide to write about you and you don't like what I wrote about you, which is entirely possible, then yes, I'm a dangerous writer.

Never love a wild thing, Mr. Bell,’ Holly advised him. ‘That was Doc’s mistake. He was always lugging home wild things. A hawk with a hurt wing. One time it was a full-grown bobcat with a broken leg. But you can’t give your heart to a wild thing; the more you do, the stronger they get. Until they’re strong enough to run into the woods. Or fly into a tree. Then a taller tree. Then the sky. That’s how you’ll end up Mr. Bell. If you let yourself love a wild thing. You’ll end up looking at the sky.

When I am writing, I try to do it five hours a day but I spend about two of those just fooling around.

I would have liked to have known Oscar Wilde because I think he must have been very amusing and entertaining.

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