Quotes About Author

Ron pointed Helen's gun at me. What kind of name is Ron for such a menacing figure?

The lemming types came out of their houses with flashlights. Going to light up the world with those flashlights, I guess. He laughed. I stopped them all from watching Happy Days. Forced their IQs up a couple notches.

Mr. Lemoncello bounced across the stage like a happy grasshopper.

Well this is aptly called a junket, for both of us. I have never been to a house of prostitution, but I understand that you get in more than seven minutes.

There's not a better job in journalism than the one we have, seriously on '60 Minutes' - not a better job.

I want people to see my name on a movie, pay money and know they're going to be entertained for 90 minutes.

The miracle on earth are the laws of heaven.

I like the sentimentality of 'Miracle on 34th Street' and all those movies, and there actually is a tradition of Christmas comedies, too.

I thought a book on miracles might be a great idea, but just because it's a great idea doesn't mean I'm supposed to do it. But my editor persisted, and eventually I thought, 'He's right. I should write this book.'

I was just about to begin writing 'Mirror Mirror', within about a week of it, when September 11, 2001 happened. I found myself incapable of caring about fiction-making for a number of months.

I hate the actor and audience business. An author should be in among the crowd, kicking their shins or cheering them on to some mischief or merriment.

I don't know if this is necessarily a misconception, but I think people make way more a deal out of my sexuality than necessary.

It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character.

Maybe that is why kids like Dumbledore: because he is funny rather than a miserable old sod with a long white beard.

I love writing but it's a real pain. It's a miserable process - very satisfying but very miserable.

I haven't done much rereading or rewatching stuff I've written over the years, but I did look at 'Misery' before I started the play. I liked it. Not much I would change.

Your executives liking your show makes all the difference in the world. It's the difference between happiness and misery.

The reason I write romance is that I like happy endings. The idea, you know, 'It's not literature unless is ends badly,' and I really don't like that. There's enough misery and bad things happening in the world.

I don't search it out - I really want to be clear, I don't search out the misery! I'm not sitting at home going, 'I can't wait to do another harrowing piece of work.'

'Misfits' is one of my favorite shows; I think it's a fantastic show.

Look at all the Misfits products that came out. We never made a dime off it.

I love how 'Misfits' is a drama-comedy.

For me, there is nothing that encapsulates both our misguided response to the attacks of September 11th and the entire Iraq war itself more than a sense of lost opportunity.

In the West, we feel the devastating effects of one misguided, half-baked government program after another.