I never like to do something that it feels like I've done before.

You can talk all day long, but if you don't do something, it's a waste.

My brand is good storytelling. I really want [my company] Hillman Grad Productions to be associated with great stories, interesting characters; things that are three-dimensional and feel honest.

The only way you really see change is by helping to create it.

Your first obligation as a writer is to tell the truth and to tell a good story.

I'm not in the business of making us look clean, but I don't want us to look like monsters either. I think there is a little bit of hero and villain in all of us.

I sort of knew very early on that I wanted to be a writer. Even in high school, I was a big movie buff, very much into TV shows, and would critique them.

I always want to challenge myself as a writer. I consider myself more of a writer than I do a director.

The greatest way to ensure your company’s failure is to appoint leaders who see a divide between themselves and the team

I jealously guard my research time and I love fully immersing myself in those dusty old books and papers. It's one of the most enjoyable parts of my job.

What’s wrong with denouncing white interlopers?

Economy is for the poor; the rich may dispense with it.

There are a lot of things that come easy, but they're not necessarily worth it. Anything worth having, you work hard for. That's how I feel I am.

I am not Nostradamus.Nor would I want to be. I'm convinced being able to tell the future is the worst superpower. I'd rather be invisible and being invisible never ends well. Just read H. G. Wells!

Village reform is not merely cleaning the roads, constructing schools and worshipping monasteries. It is not mere celebration of festivals.

It's up to history to judge.

Let excellence be your brand... When you are excellent, you become unforgettable. Doing the right thing, even when nobody knows you're doing the right thing will always bring the right thing to you.

I'm a little prejudiced when it comes to horses. I have always loved them.