Don't give [the audience] four; give them two plus two.

The greatest story commandment is: Make me care.

Use what you know. Draw from it. It doesnt always mean plot or fact. It means capturing a truth from your experiencing it, expressing values you personally feel deep down in your core.

The best stories infuse wonder.

I never think about the audience. If someone gives me a marketing report, I throw it away.

Loneliness is, I think, people's biggest fear, whether they are conscious of it or not.

Frankly, there isn't anyone you couldn't learn to love once you've heard their story.

That's what great art does - it inspires other artists to do great art, and that's what it should do.

Drama is anticipation mingled with uncertainty.

Change is fundamental in story. If things go static, stories die.

A strong theme is always running through a well-told story.

You don't have to be a bodybuilder to have strength in your muscles.

Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country emotionally I know she is better than every other country.

Freedom always comes with a price.

When I go to dance clubs, I always dance with big girls, so we finish at the same time.

The trouble with the transfer window is it creates a window where transfers have to be done

Jesus said, 'Except a man be born of water and of the spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.' There are no exceptions. Baptism is a necessary ordinance.

Even if you disagree w/me-I HAVE TO STAND,like you FOR WHAT I BELIEVE IN.WITH ALL MY HEART AND MIND

The heart wants to go on; that is its dharma. For unless it moves, it dies.

A little autobiography and a lot of imagination are best.

Character is just what we inwardly are and outwardly do.