If I really knew how to do good storytelling, I would be a writer. Mystery is not a huge part of it. ... It's tension, it's relationships. I think it's a struggle.

I believe in struggle. And I believe that the struggle is beautiful. You have to try it or you will never know what's beyond it.

Once you become a producer, you're really selling something. It is a control issue, because you don't really know how it's going to pan out, but the creative control makes it work it.

The most magical moments for me come from the little ones in elementary school. They ask adorable and meaningful questions.

To me good storytelling is about journeys. It's about people's journeys, people's discoveries and how they deal with those discoveries; circumstances that put people in different situations.

When I take a role I wonder how I can use it to find out who I really am. I don't think I'm so rare a person.

There are just times when your body and your soul feed into a character and you somehow meet at the point where that character truly lives in you. It happens in plays, in TV, in films.

I have always wanted to do a book about actors because I think that the death of a character is a tremendously emotional experience.

I've always been creative, with a huge amount of energy.

I want to be in a position where I feel comfortable selling an idea.

Facebook is one way to be able to communicate in a quick way. I never hired a firm to send out pictures and such so I am lame that way. All I can say is how grateful I am for the fans I have.

Don’t believe those who say, ‘you can’t’. You can make it in life.You can realise all your dreams.

the heart of a prophet is not his own to bestow.

While formal schooling is an important advantage, it is not a guarantee of success nor is its absence a fatal handicap.

The best reason I can think of for not running for President of the United States is that you have to shave twice a day.

We have no idea what tomorrow will bring, but today is overflowing with potential.

He remembered Simon warning him, with wryness, that Clary had the nuclear bomb of boyfriends.

In friendship, as in love, we are often more happy from the things we are ignorant of than from those we are acquainted with.

I've looked around enough to know that you're the one I want to go through time with.

Nobody ever cares what I say! I feel badly about it, I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings.

Happiness is nothing but everyday living seen through a veil.