If you're the guy who basically shows up with coal at the locomotive, they will put it in the train. Like, they won't even assess whatever or not it's good coal. Just throw it in there.

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.

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

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.

Jefferson determined the lodestar that lay hidden in the motivations of others

Creativity is not intelligence, it is the ability to do what you did not know through the use of what you know.

Things live by moving and gain strength as they go.

[To a priest who smoked:] What a shame for a man to dress like a saint and smell like a devil!

Change only takes place through action, not through meditation and prayer.

I think Mr. Wilson will have to be the rest of the way alone.

Gossip is what no one claims to like, but everybody enjoys.

Bodies which contain a greater proportion of water than is necessary to balance the other elements, are speedily corrupted, and lose their virtues and properties.

Time didn't pass; it tailgated.

I grew up on basketball, volleyball, that sort of thing. For me, track and field was a whole 'nother beast.