At some point, you can't take a risk just to take a risk because that's a betrayal, in and of itself.

Connecting dots is not that rewarding of an experience.

I've always been fascinated by Disneyland and Disney World, and my favorite part of the park was always Tomorrowland.

There is no suspense in inevitability.

If you do something awesome, you should be proud of yourself.

All great sci-fi is: Be careful what you wish for.

Once you spend more than $100 million on a movie, you have to save the world.

In really, really good science fiction the line between the science and the fiction is blurry.

One person's magical thinking is another person's cynicism.

I make no distinction between writing and storytelling; I've always wanted to tell stories.

As cliched as it sounds, if you have an original voice and an original idea, then no matter what anybody says, you have to find a way to tell that story.

relations are the failures of life..

Tell her that you love her hair, that you love her skin, her lips, because, in truth, you love them more than you love your own.

I'm going to take this God-given gift of being funny, and I'm going to spread it out like peanut butter on everything I do.

There's a reason for everything, you said, and though it's a mystery to me now, I know it won't always be so.

Because God is the living God, He can hear; because He is a loving God, He will hear; because He is our covenant God, He has bound Himself to hear.

The world is not made for the prosperous alone, nor for the strong.

Only yield when you must, never "give up the ship," but fight on to the last "with a stiff upper lip!

Heaven's great artillery.

The greatest truth must be recognition that in every man, in every child is the potential for greatness.

Have a goal in life. When water is everywhere, it is a flood, but if it is in between banks, it is a river. It is nice to have a goal, so your life force gets channelized!