"I write my scripts short and they..." - Quote by W C Fields

“It's what you do that counts and not what you say; therefore I fired my press agent.”

“I like thieves. Some of my best friends are thieves. Why, just last week we had the president of the bank over for dinner.”

“I certainly do not drink all the time. I have to sleep you know.”

“It wasn't until I hung out with Dead Prez and understood how to make, you know, raps with a message sound cool that I was able to just write "All Falls Down" in 15 minutes.”

“Keep up the fires of thought, and all will go well.”

“One of the most difficult things is the first paragraph. I have spent many months on a first paragraph, and once I get it, the rest just comes out very easily.”

“Writing a book is an adventure.”

“The miracle of turning inklings into thoughts and thoughts into words and words into metal and print and ink never palls for me.”

“Jack Kerouac influenced me quite a bit as a writer... in the Arab sense that the enemy of my enemy was my friend.”