I enjoy being surprised.

Because sometimes listening to something will connect to a feeling, it will allow you to emote subconsciously, and you don't even understand why you're in it.

You go home happy, you go to work happy, you make a better project because everybody loves it and loves each other.

There's still a place for marching for instance with the Black Lives Matter movement, we've seen the importance of causing a scene, being on the streets and making your demands and your voice heard.

Sometimes survival seems like submitting. And that's really hard on the spirit.

For me, it was definitely an education in being grateful. And appreciating the civil liberties we have today, the natural liberties we have at home.

Regardless of the project, whenever you're working on something, the best you can hope for is to be around good people.

I don't believe in breaks. Not yet. I'm too young. I'll find the next job to keep me busy between seasons.

The introduction of Harriet Tubman is going to be very exciting, she's a real life superhero so for us to be able to feature her this season is groundbreaking for a television series.

Democracy only works, as President [Barack] Obama spoke of in his farewell message, if it's driven by the people and the people stay active and vigilant and speak out and let their concerns be known.

A subject I'm particularly passionate about is the criminal justice system and almost all of the policies that impact people's lives are determined on a local level.

Assumptions are the termites of relationships.

Life is science.

My sister really drooled a lot when she was younger. For her wedding, I was going to get her one of those lace drool cups that go around the ears.

But, George and Steven asked me to write the Indiana Jones sequels, and I didn't want to.

In a healthy system, there is no blame.

The development that produces great art is a moral and not an aesthetic development.

I got introduced to the rave scene in 1992. At the time I was into skateboarding; I listened to a little hip-hop but was mainly into heavy metal and grunge.

Every veil secretly desires to be lifted, except the veil of Hypocrisy.

Nobody wants to read a 600 page book in which the author is fabulous throughout.

Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires.