“All we have is the story we tell. Everything we do, every decision we make, our strength, weakness, motivation, history, and character-what we believe-none of it is real; it's all part of the story...”

“He found himself inhabiting the vast, empty plateau where most people live, between boredom and contentment.”

“What business does memory have with time?”

“Life, he thought, is a blatant act of imagination.”

“This is a love story, Michael Deane says. But, really, what isnt? Doesnt the detective love the mystery, or the chase, or the nosy female reporter, who is even now being held against her wishes at ...”

“The movie I was working on, "Cleopatra", it's about how destructive a force love can be. But maybe that's what every story is about.”

“Romance is the deepest thing in life. It is deeper than reality.”

“when you're a kid, they tell you that it's what's on the inside that counts. Looks don't matter . But that's not true. Guys like Phoebus in The Hunchback, or Dorian, or the old Kyle Kingsbury-- the...”

“Every concept of reality is all in our head, belief is what makes truth.”