"For me and my entire generation, we took on this kind of sarcastic, ironic, snarkiness because it seemed the most extreme reaction to the earnestness of hippies."

"If anything I try to write something that would be more difficult to film. I tend to see film as competition and would like instead to do what books do best."

"When did the future switch from being a promise to a threat?"

"Why is it you feel like a dope if you laugh alone, but that's usually how you end up crying?"

"Some cause happiness wherever they go others whenever they go."

"Words are less needful to sorrow than to joy."

"Marriage is the most natural state of man, and... the state in which you will find solid happiness."

"Encouragement to others is something everyone can give. Somebody needs what you have to give. It may not be your money; it may be your time. It may be your listening ear. It may be your arms to encourage. It may be your smile to uplift. Who knows?"