...if you've got writer's block, you aren't empty - maybe it's just like Twitter - overwhelmed, and loading seems to be taking a while...
...If I ever got sloppy and maudlin, it would be for the streets of my childhood—but no self- respecting writer should ever eulogize a slum...
...the secret to writing is to get your own pain - shout it out till it hurts your throat - weep it into your pillow - then write it down ...
...I make no apology about stirring the depths - every human longs to swim under water and see what lurks beneath ...
...I always thought youth were idealists - now, I'm not so sure - I'm more idealistic now then at 17...
One of the convenient things about literature is that, despite copyrights [...] a book belongs to the reader as well as to the writer.
Film is such a bizarre vehicle for acting. It's such a bizarre experience. I don't think you ever really get familiar with it. If you do get familiar with it, you're probably not that good anymore.
The situation at Buffalo was a rough situation, and I appreciate the opportunity, but going back to Seattle was a better situation, even though I'm not the starter. I've got a chance to get back with some familiar faces, back at a place I'm familiar ...
Petty laws breed great crimes.
Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.
Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves.
Breed is stronger than pasture.
Fascinations breeds preparedness, and preparedness, survival.
Success breeds success, and failure leads to a sort of fallow period.
I'm a mixed breed and hope to live longer because of it.
Masses are always breeding grounds of psychic epidemics.
National isolation breeds national neurosis.
Democracies are poor breeding grounds for terrorism and war.
Fear breeds cowardice, and cowardice compels bravery.
Winners are different. They're a different breed of cat.
For this decision, too, he had submitted to the overwhelming force of Sharon’s personality, whose longings and needs seemed inalienable rights, whereas Marcus’s were merely whims.
