For me, screenwriting is all about setting characters in motion and as a writer just chasing them. They should tell you what they’ll do in any scene you put them in.

I made 'Going Greek', which was a very sort of crappy fraternity comedy that I did back in 2000.

I had always fantasized about going to the Pyramids, the Great Wall; I've always been sort of obsessed with the whole notion of Everest.

We'll probably live 20 more years than our grandparents did. The question is, what are you going to do with those extra 20 years?

I was out in L.A. and I had gone to film school and I was out here for a couple of years. For a lot of years, I was bartending and having a good time.

I get a million ideas a day and I don't put too much weight on any one of them. The ones that really stick in my head are the ones I end up doing.

Be a problem solver

Failure. It doesn't exist. 'Failure' is just what happens when we lose perspective.

If you believe your catcher is intelligent and you know that he has considerable experience, it is a good thing to leave the game almost entirely in his hands.

I hear an almost inaudible but pervasive discontent with the price we pay for our current materialism. And I hear a fluttering of hope that there might be more to life than bread and circuses.

It's important to try to get people to think about women's wellness.

I met my wife because we were both going out with the same guy.

Every day in life there are challenges; whether you're an accountant, a race car driver or whatever you do.

Trust yourself in God's hands. Maintain your relationship to Jesus Christ by the patience of faith. 'Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him.'

I've been enjoying 'Life on the Mississippi' by Mark Twain that I picked up at the airport randomly. It's very witty and interesting to read about his time as a steamboat pilot.

The sky leans on me, me, the one upright among all horizontals.