Don't let perfect be the enemy of good.
A lot of people talk about writing. The secret is to write, not talk.
My biggest critics have never read me.
I woke up last night and thought: 'I must call somebody in my next novel Casablanca. ' It's such a great name. I don't want to call anybody Fred or Jane or Susan, so when three people get into bed together, you don't know who they are.
I'm a storyteller; I write what I want to read.
Men are cheaters. Women are not to be trusted. And most people are dumb.
I really fall in love with my characters, even the bad ones. I love getting together with them. They tell me what to do; they take me on a wild and wonderful trip.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
Every man has an atmosphere which is affecting every other.
Jesus didn't really die-someone gave him a long drug that made him look like dead, and he revived in the tomb. Answer: Roman soldiers knew how to kill people, and no disciple would have been fooled by a half-drugged, beat-up Jesus into thinking he'd defeated death and inaugurated the kingdom.
I love the spontaneity of plays and of being onstage, because that's an energy that you can't really fabricate in movies.