I find it very hard to believe that people would prefer an awkward picture with me than a normal conversation.
Write a page every single day, even if what you put on the page that day is no good - it's the only way to get better.
Everyone asks about how I'll feel about the tattoos and scars in thirty years. I always say: "I'll like them. " I've always loved damaged monuments, in architecture and in humans.
He was addicted to me and now he has gone cold turkey. He used to send me fifty texts a day. And now he is ignoring me. It's like I was once his Barack Obama. And now I am John McCain, conceding defeat like a sad-face sock puppet, knowing I have sold the best of myself. He, my electorate, not only does not want me, he actively feels pity.
Time heals all wounds. And if it doesn't, you name them something other than wounds and agree to let them stay.
A lot of the time in my recurring dreams, before I was diagnosed, iconic people would either be good or evil figures. I remember dreaming really basic stuff like trying to navigate the London underground, but then Paul Newman would be the only one who would direct me to the right trains. And I'm trying to remember who would direct me to the wrong ones.
I'm in love with someone good and kind and gentle, and he's seen the darkness too, but somehow we've become each other's light.
To Scarlett, there was something breath-taking about Ellen O'Hara, a miracle that lived in the house with her and awed her and charmed and soothed her.
I love it when actors come to you with a problem and you have to listen. You'd like them to just get on with it, but it often means that there's a problem with the script.
If you're trying to drop ten pages from a screenplay, it hurts like hell, but if you just put it away for a month and then take it out, you can do it just like that!
I believe that when the going gets tough, you should just hit pause. Assimilate what is happening for 10 minutes. Your thoughts will be much clearer.