As George Costanza would say, when they're applauding, stop..

I deliberately decided to write a kind of guide to leather bars for straight people, for people not into leather, so that people could see what it wa….

When you create a movie, you create something in your image..

Listen to what children have to say-their windows to the soul are unclouded..

Say a thing well and it will be remembered-and so too will you..

Don't market yourself. Editors and readers don't know what they want until they see it. Scratch what itches. Write what you need to write, feed the h….

How to read writers on writing: With respect, amusement, and skepticism. They will contradict one another-as they should-for each writer brings an in….

We cannot work for others without working for ourselves..

Usually when a woman is 60, it's over..

When you're writing fiction it's a heightened voice. You're trying to cast a spell, which isn't the same thing as trying to cast someone into it. You….

I found once you start writing about God it's really fun. It's like a rock singer saying "baby." "Baby, baby, baaayy-by." You start saying "God" on t….

Words are a lens to focus one's mind..

To me, love has always meant friendship..

We don't perceive a contradiction between writing books, making films or producing a television program. These days you can't choose how you want to ….

I'm still auditioning and doing other movie parts, but I really like the developing and the writing. You have more control over your destiny..

Never try to fit a target audience. Write what is true to the characters in their settings and the audience will find you..

Then why don't you go and ---- yourself..

A good poem about failure is a success..

With my students I give them lots and lots of guided writing. Part of it is as simple as writing a lot but not toward anything. The mind floats. Then….

We Learn about love by loving..

I love writing family stories..