I was keenly aware that I had a unique opportunity, a front row seat, on an unfolding story and nobody else was going to see it from quite the vantag….

Every thought was once a poem..

Listen once in a while. It's amazing what you can hear..

I don't think you can write - at least not well - if you don't love stories, love the written word..

If i were to lose my memories, I would rely on music. There is so much of my story embedded in each..

Good stories are driven by conflict, tension, and high stakes..

There is always someone worse off than yourself..

I was marrying someone I loved because I didn't want to lose them; I didn't see anything wrong with that..

With God, there is always a future..

I would rather be politically dead than hypocritically immortalized..

Through the Unknown, we'll find the New.

You can't say, "I'm gonna make a hit movie." You're as dead as you could be..

I was always on my oddy knocky..

We do what we like, and we like what we do..

When knowledge becomes rigid, it stops living..

I don't take myself too seriously..

We won`t back down! We won`t be trumped!.

Don't talk to us like we ignint!.

Frankly, I got into the movies because I like the movies a lot..

I've never been onstage in my life..

In many cases, you're forced to make deals that are not the deal you'd make..