“I think all writing is a disease. You can't stop it.”

“I just can't stop loving you,
I just can't stop loving you,
And if I stop, then tell me just what will I do?
'Cause I just can't stop loving you.”

“It hurts to think of her, but I can't stop. It ought to hurt.

After all, hell is supposed to be hot.”

“My thought is me: that's why I can't stop. I exist because I think … and I can't prevent myself from thinking.”

“What a lot we lost when we stopped writing letters. You can't reread a phone call.”

“I'm a liar. And I can't stop thinking about boys.”

“Beauty can't amuse you, but brainwork — reading, writing, thinking — can.”

“I think the worst thing that can happen to a good actor is fame. The limelight is a tricky place, because you can't believe what's going on around you. You stop observing. You stop perceiving. You stop extending yourself, and you become isolated. Our duty as actors is to remain compassionate and curious. Fame complicates all that.”

“I don't like to write like God. It is only because you never do it, though, that the critics think you can't do it.”

“You can't write. That's not writing. It's scribbling. Distasteful scribbling. Why can't you write properly?”