I think it's really important to depict complex, flawed LGBT characters, because we are all connected by our humanity.

I think that crowdfunding has become such a powerful tool to tell stories that might not find financing otherwise - like a dark comedy about infidelity, for example!

I am really fascinated by self-sabotage. I think that there's not a person I know who doesn't fall victim to it. It's essential to the human condition, and relatable.

Too many people get caught up in the idea that they are experts in their field and forget to keep growing and learning.

Unless you have a huge ego, I think it requires a tremendous amount of bravery to keep putting yourself out there, knowing that you will get rejected most of the time.

Being drunk leads smart people to do stupid things, which is what is so interesting.

You don't encounter anyone who is not hero or villain of their own story. If it's man vs. self, you have to explore the ways each character is villainous and heroic.

You can never know anything for sure.

I think there's a lot of power in admitting that you don't know everything.

I usually try to write through pain and end up digging myself into a deeper hole.

Don't give up on each other.

Don't care about success or failure. Keep doing what you love. Success will follow.

It is either coincidence piled on top of coincidence, " said Hollus, "or it is deliberate design.

Music is supposed to be interwoven into the fabric of society; it is not supposed to be a plaything that is there to serve the population's titillation of the moment.

Hawaii's the 50th state? I thought it was a suburb of Guam.

What an immense power over the life is the power of possessing distinct aims. The voice, the dress, the look, the very motion of a person, define and alter when he or she begins to live for a reason.

He who possesseth little is so much the less possessed. Blessed be moderate poverty!

I have my library separate from the family home, and every room is a different genre. The only room that I can guarantee I've read everything is the horror room.

this is every musician's dream, to stand in front of an audience and not have to prove your credentials.

I myself, at one time, wanted to be like the explorers of the Himalayas that I used to read about; people intoxicated on the myth of history.

When all is said and done, I'd never count the cost. It's worth all that's lost, just to see you smile.