Everything I've written up to now, hasn't had anything to do with my life really.

Idealism loses to pragmatism when it comes to winning elections.

I was a volleyball player as a kid. I played volleyball all the time.

I have absolutely no musical talent of my own!

I don't think there is anything more bitter in American politics than a close election.

I was alone a lot as a kid, because my parents were divorced.

I love the idea of a movie hero in a thriller who is able to get ahead by just his brilliance, and not with a gun or by being an action hero.

I've found that sitting around and obsessing about projects moving forward, when there's actually nothing I can do about it, at a certain point, is really counter-productive.

Certainly, for me, and it's gone this way on every project I've worked on, the "writing" never ends until you're done with the movie.

The auditioning process is one in which the actor gets very little information about almost every element of it.

My goal isn't so much genre, or fact-based or not fact-based. I just want to work on projects that I think could be great.

As an introvert, you crave intimate moments and deep connections--and those usually aren't found in a crowd.

You can get fired from any job at any time.

You don't need a framework. You need a painting, not a frame.

The world is too serious. To get mad at a work of art-because maybe somebody, somewhere is blowing his stack over what I've done-is like getting mad at a hot fudge sundae.

Look at social media. It's what we do, right?

Facing a difficulty requires a willingness of heart.

These years are still the years of my prime. It is important to recognise the years of one's prime, always remember that.

If you cannot catch a bird of paradise, better take a wet hen.

Every shopaholic needs an accomplice.

Ray Charles, who said to Stevie Wonder, Maybe we're white. Never got a dinner!