April 13: Aries

"I'm reading a book on directing. It's basically a textbook, super technical, not super exciting but I've gotta have a backup plan in case this whole acting thing doesn't work out."

"Women, by their nature, are not exceptional chess players: they are not great fighters. "

"The mildest criticism of religion is also the most radical and most devastating one: Religion is man-made."

"I'm an emotional Italian-American."

"Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories. Listening for them is something more acute than listening to them. When their elders sit and begin, children are just waiting and hoping for one to come out, like a mouse from its hole."