I make no distinction between writing and storytelling; I've always wanted to tell stories.

Connecting dots is not that rewarding of an experience.

I've always been fascinated by Disneyland and Disney World, and my favorite part of the park was always Tomorrowland.

There is no suspense in inevitability.

If you do something awesome, you should be proud of yourself.

All great sci-fi is: Be careful what you wish for.

Once you spend more than $100 million on a movie, you have to save the world.

In really, really good science fiction the line between the science and the fiction is blurry.

One person's magical thinking is another person's cynicism.

As cliched as it sounds, if you have an original voice and an original idea, then no matter what anybody says, you have to find a way to tell that story.

I'm not glass-half-full, glass-half-empty; I'm like, "There's a glass?"

Reject anything advice, which does not lead to your personal progress.

I am definitely going to take a course on time management... just as soon as I can work it into my schedule.

Real happiness is cheap enough yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.

I looked below and saw my people there, and all were well and happy except one, and he was lying like the dead - and that one was myself.

Chico: "Here's the book, it's a dollar" Groucho: "Here's a ten, and shoot the change." Chico: "I don't have change I'd have to give you nine more books.

Everything looks better in the morning.

It got so ridiculous that I was like, there's no way this is going to last.

Seek first God's Kingdom, that is, become like the lilies and the birds, become perfectly silent - then shall the rest be added unto you.

Before a secret is told, one can often feel the weight of it in the atmosphere.

Let us be very gentle with our neighbors' failings, and forgive our friends their debts as we hope ourselves to be forgiven.