Hollywood has the idea that movies have to be dumb. But especially movies for or about teenagers have to be really dumb!

Even today, in our progressive times, in most movies that come out, the men have to have biceps and the women have to be thin or something.

My dad never blew anything up, but he probably had friends who did. He and my mom have always preached that the pen is mightier than a Molotov cocktail.

It's less about what you do and more about who you are doing it with.

Media used to be one way. Everyone else in the world just had to listen. Now the internet is allowing what used to be a monologue to become a dialogue. I think that's healthy.

If you're going to put yourself above everybody else, you might end up alone.

The Sun is such a lonely star. Whenever he comes out to see his friends, they all disappear.

The most valiant thing you can do as an artist is inspire someone else to be creative.

If you know which way the current is going, you can use it to your advantage.

The Internet is allowing us to get back to what's really more natural, which is that storytelling is a shared thing. It's our natural way to be communal.

When I was Younger, I wanted to be something.Now, I just want to be younger.

Love is a song, written in your heart.

Shake off this downy sleep, death’s counterfeit, And look on death itself!

The Lord let the house of a brute to the soul of a man, And the man said, "Am I your debtor?" And the Lord--"Not yet: but make it as clean as you can, And then I will let you a better.

Consider how Jesus came from a position of glory and consistently reached out to the lowly.

I liked rock music, I kind of moved into that sphere, somehow thinking that somewhere along the line I'd be able to put the two together. And I suppose I very nearly did with the Ziggy character.

I actually don't think we're more divided than we were. I think it's more evident. It's more evident because of the internet.

Some beautiful things are more dazzling when they are still imperfect than when they have been too perfectly crafted.

Find something you love and do it better than everyone else.

I see myself as Rhoda, not Mary Tyler Moore.

I dress up for awards, but only if somebody else is going to pay for the clothes. And shop for them, too!