"Human beings have speculated about the relationship between inspiration and insanity for centuries"

"Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship"

"We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival"

"No agent wants to see a book until he or she has decided whether to pursue the relationship"

"Hence my obstinate emphasis on stylistic continuity from work to work rather than specific sibling relationships between the individual work and other members of its stylistic 'family' in the world outside"

"The one who loves the least, controls the relationship"

"I really take pride in the relationship that I have with my husband"

"Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working"

"The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother, and to become fully independent"

"But it's much more exciting to make Die Hard. One of the reasons that I think that movie is so successful is it deals with those very important blue-collar relationship themes. But it's more visually beautiful to show things blowing up. It just gives you more on the screen"

"Many a witty inspiration is like the surprising reunion of befriended thoughts after a long separation"