I think hope is key, in life and in art.

All the things that live within you find their place, in character and story, once you tap into that other space that is the creative writing space.

Life, to me, is never one color. Even in the saddest moments, you can have a chuckle. And in the happiest moments, you can shed a tear.

Ultimately, what audiences respond to is truth. Even as fantastical as the story can be, and out there, at its core, it's dealing with loss, madness and mortality.

Casting is very instinctual. I really like to meet people. To me, it's about their essence more than their audition.

It takes forever to make a film. It's a gargantuan thing of untold effort.

If you're gonna take people on a journey that deals with some pretty heavy themes, I think you best have a sense of humor, here and there.

The more personal you get, the more universal a story you end up telling.

A meaningful relationship between two people cannot sustain itself only in the present tense.

[I]t kind of terrified me to imagine myself spending the rest of my life tinkering on the margins of the small arguments.

I don't see how a man is to be good for much unless he has some one woman to love him dearly.

I do believe the most important thing I can do now is to help young people understand the past and prepare for the future.

If faith itself has different dresses worn, What wonder modes in wit should take their turn?

The world is my oyster. The road is my home. And I know that I'm better off Alone.

Total surrender to the demands of the human spirit: be attentive, be intelligent, be reasonable, be responsible, be in love.

My favorite novels allow me to imagine the characters afterward and what happened, and that I've witnessed a really great story, where the world goes on.

A big part of managing a golf course is managing your swing on the course.

The most powerful force in the human psyche is people's need for their words and actions to stay consistent with their IDENTITY - how we define ourselves.