"Almost anyone can be an author the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being."

"Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them."

"I suppose that every one of us hopes secretly for immortality; to leave, I mean, a name behind him which will live forever in this world, whatever he may be doing, himself, in the next."

"Tiggers don't like honey."

"I think violence, cynicism, brutality and fashion are the staples of our diet. I think in the grand history of story-telling, going back to people sitting around fires, the dark side of human nature has always been very important. Movies are part of that tradition."

"I am confident that, in the end, common sense and justice will prevail. I'm an optimist, brought up on the belief that if you wait to the end of the story, you get to see the good people live happily ever after."

"It's very hard to write humor."

"The best way to keep one's word is not to give it."