I learned that I enjoy directing a lot more than I enjoy writing, which is interesting, because writing is lonely and infamous basically.

I think improvisation is really crucial in terms of making things feel real and authentic.

In terms of magnifying it and making it plausible, I'm a great believer in truth in comedy.

I know what I want. I try and convey that at the beginning and set that out, but within those parameters, I'm very happy for them to experiment and try things and give it a go. To me, it's important.

I think actors like to be directed. Actors like to know where they're headed and what they want, so I'm very encouraging.

I can’t help but to wonder and write.

Authors must spend months, years making fantasy believable in a single work while reality runs rampant and complete chaos elsewhere.

we live best when we live for a cause greater than ourselves

Uncertainty is a very good thing: it's the beginning of an investigation, and the investigation should never end.

It's not unusual to find big political shifts that take place beneath the surface before they're visible above the surface.

It is a general principle of human nature, that a man will be interested in whatever he possesses, in proportion to the firmness or precariousness of the tenure by which he holds it.

If we could be pure dancers in spirit we would never be afraid to love, and we would love with strength and wisdom.

A young child's brain has a thinner skull and the brain contains more fluid. The more fluid or fat in any material, the more it absorbs microwave radiation.

The 1970s, the decade of my teenage years, was a transitional period in American youth culture.

We are franker towards others than towards ourselves.