“He was an animal, that great thing for someone else to be.”

“The book was blunt and had an honesty about it, whereas the movie was just a beautiful lie.”

“I think I should be allowed to be only fair, or even mediocre, for a while.”

“In America, film is the highest form of art that the public aspires to. People will come to me and say Oh, your book was so good, they ought to make a movie out of it! To which I reply Well, why? I...”

“Im a dot in the grand scheme of things. I dont matter, not even to the other dots.”

“Music is a writer's heartbeat.”

“Gratitude is the gateway to a positive life.”