I actually wanted to be a producer because I like to run things.

Success takes communication, collaboration and, sometimes, failure.

Find your passion and do it totally. The more life experience you get, the better you'll be at whatever you want to do.

My theory is that if you look confident you can pull off anything - even if you have no clue what you're doing.

You have to be tenacious, you have to be focused, you have to have a real vision, and be extremely passionate about it.

The secret to using power is not to use it. Just having it is enough.

I thought it was my job to give all the boys their first kiss.

I could have sexual chemistry with vinegar.

I'm much more of a risk taker. I'm more fearless now than when I was 18. I was much more self-aware and I cared too much about what people thought of me and now I really don't. I probably should.

Love is ever evolving and it takes compromise, work and patience.

Being perfect is being flawed, accepting it, and never letting it make you feel less than your best.

You've got to try and not let it keep you down. Sure, let it hurt but don't let it harm you.

A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of everything.

My most romantic job: I was a manager at Baskin-Robbins.

Writing should not be routine; writing should actually be the opposite of procedural because otherwise the written word would become a routine word.

The use of the internet, the use of Twitter, the way protest movements developed...This is a different world.

Today is the last day of some of your life. Don't waste it." quote from Tara Daniels

Anger. Control your anger. If you hold anger toward others, they have control over you.Your opponent can dominate and defeat you if you allow him to get you irritated.

Satanic Verses is a despicable book that could not have been written by a person who wished to behave decently and responsibly.

Much of my time is taken up by reading, researching and trying out ideas.

The era of big government is over.