Don't give up on each other.

I think that crowdfunding has become such a powerful tool to tell stories that might not find financing otherwise - like a dark comedy about infidelity, for example!

I am really fascinated by self-sabotage. I think that there's not a person I know who doesn't fall victim to it. It's essential to the human condition, and relatable.

Too many people get caught up in the idea that they are experts in their field and forget to keep growing and learning.

Unless you have a huge ego, I think it requires a tremendous amount of bravery to keep putting yourself out there, knowing that you will get rejected most of the time.

Being drunk leads smart people to do stupid things, which is what is so interesting.

You don't encounter anyone who is not hero or villain of their own story. If it's man vs. self, you have to explore the ways each character is villainous and heroic.

I think it's really important to depict complex, flawed LGBT characters, because we are all connected by our humanity.

You can never know anything for sure.

I think there's a lot of power in admitting that you don't know everything.

I usually try to write through pain and end up digging myself into a deeper hole.

Writing opens the door to imagination.

... only darkened trails of rain could paint your face upon a pane...

The purpose that brought the fourteenth amendment into being was equality before the law, and equality, not separation, was written into the law.

Lips half-willing in a doorway. Lips half-singing at a window. Eyes half-dreaming in the walls. Feet half-dancing in a kitchen. Even the clocks half-yawn the hours And the farmers make half-answers.

I'd like my writing to be recognized with a Grammy.

There is a high cost for low living.

You got me sitting on the shelf, while you're out bewitching someone else.

W. Bush, this man is a war criminal, and we will see that he is brought to trial.

There is nothing wrong with God's creation. Mystery and Suffering only exist in the mind.

How we need another soul to cling to, another body to keep us warm. To rest and trust; to give your soul in confidence: I need this, I need someone to pour myself into.