In film, you can have sad endings.

In film, you can have sad endings.

I had a very quick moment on 'Happy Endings.'

I have an instinctual distrust of conventional happy endings.

That's something I think is growing on me as I get older: happy endings.

Maybe I'm old-fashioned. But I remember the beauty and thrill of being moved by Broadway musicals - particularly the endings of shows.

It's no secret that many tales of tween stardom have had unhappy endings.

'Battlestar Galactica' executive producer Ronald D. Moore told Tor.com that the series finale of 'Battlestar' turned out exactly as he'd intended, but there were several alternate endings that were considered before the final version was produced.

Maybe I'm old-fashioned. But I remember the beauty and thrill of being moved by Broadway musicals - particularly the endings of shows.

A romance novel should leave readers joyous. My books all have happy endings.

I'm incredibly cheesy. I'm all about happy endings and all of that.

I think a lot of people want stories or lives to have very distinct beginnings, middles, and endings. Generally, I think things are a little more fluid than that.

I have an instinctual distrust of conventional happy endings.

Yeah, I don't necessarily like endings that contrive an artificial moment of completion.

I love the idea of stories being about great beginnings and terrible endings.

Endings are not my thing.

I read a lot of literary theory when I was in graduate school, especially about novels, and the best book I ever read about endings was Peter Brooks' 'Reading for the Plot. '

Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn't being applauded when you arrive - for that is common - but being missed when you leave.

These happy endings all express the weak and sly promise that the world is not rotten and out of joint but meaningful and ultimately in excellent condition.

I was born with Spina bifida. That's where you have a hole in your spine, and your nerve endings come out.