I'd studied theater growing up and loved that, but didn't have many examples of artists around me.

A whole film is just about arriving at a moment where you hopefully transfer some feeling to the audience.

I believe in what science fiction can do, which is it can set up simple rules that it has to follow to try to illuminate something about the present that is somewhat invisible to us.

One of my favorite stories growing up was 'A Wrinkle in Time'. I loved that book.

When I'm sitting writing, I know that something works if I've made myself cry, or laugh, or have a visceral emotion.

Human beings are flawed and complicated and messy.

I'm still a bit of a romantic and an idealist and hopelessly naive.

Writing so that I can act became a way of having not more control over my future but not having to wait for permission. You can choose yourself. Hmm, who should play this part? I nominate me!

Life and death and birth is this fantastic mystery that we cannot fully grasp.

I think what's so attractive about acting is that you get to live several lifetimes in one.

People go to the cinema to be moved; they wanna laugh, they wanna cry, they wanna feel something deeply, especially if they're not feeling deeply in their own lives.

Bipolar is an illness not a hopeless destination it can be maintained with proper medication

Every head should be cultivated.

I am always true to myself, that is the problem. Who else could I be true to?

Don't overdo it, don't underdo it. Do it just on the line.

If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.

During the past few years North East India has emerged as one of the biggest destinations for child trafficking.

The days passed, as they do, and life went on.

No one ever writes me and says, 'We have a happy hospital'. Nowhere is doing it in a healthy way. That's encouragement for me.

Get down,” he whispered. “I’m way ahead of you,” Jamie said from the floor

[In] radio, every segment of every hour is a challenge to fill in an interesting way. What I like the most about it is how challenging it is to do it well.