"You are either born a writer or you are not."

-- Cormac McCarthy

“I had an abortion when I was 16. Because that's what I should have done. Otherwise I would now have a 20-year-old kid. Anyway, those are things that people shouldn't be dishonest about it.”
“Some of y'all are not where you want to be in life, yet you party every weekend. What is it that youâ€™re celebrating?”
“I love the rebelliousness of snail mail, and I love anything that can arrive with a postage stamp. There's something about that person's breath and hands on the letter.”

Source : "Richard Gere and Diane Lane interview – NIGHTS IN RODANTHE". Interview with Steve "Frosty" Weintraub, collider.com. September 26, 2008.
“If the body is stiff that is understandable. But if the mind is also stiff then you canâ€™t get anywhere. The mind has to become flexible.”
“It took me twenty years to discover painting: twenty years looking at nature, and above all, going to the Louvre.”
“I am a painter with letters. I want to restore everything, mix everything up and say everything.”
“I enjoy collaborating with all of the directors I have worked with. I love collaborating with creative people on interesting projects.”
“Isnâ€™t there a time or two you can remember when somehow an animal youâ€™ve hunted has done something to make you let him vanish in the woods? â€¦ Isnâ€™t there a bird or covey that somehow always manages to catch you with your gun on safe â€” even when you know itâ€™s there? â€œI think we all know times that for almost certain we gave the hunt to the quarry.”

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