The end product of child raising is not the child but the parent.
Hearts can break. Yes, hearts can break. Sometimes I think it would be better if we died when they did, but we don't.
Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.
What Darwin was too polite to say, my friends, is that we came to rule the earth not because we were the smartest, or even the meanest, but because we have always been the craziest, most murderous motherfuckers in the jungle.
Come to a book as you would come to an unexplored land. Come without a map. Explore it, and draw your own map. . . . A book is like a pump. It gives nothing unless first you give to it.
The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.
The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there. . . and still on your feet.
You see, Frank found out the hard way that the dark things lurking in the night don’t haunt old houses or abandoned ships. They haunt minds.
I always begin with a character or characters, and then try to think up as much action for them as possible.
Remember, you can always stoop and pick up nothing.
I never went to film school, so I just sort of learned on my own.