If you say ‘we’re in this together, ’ I’m going to hurl.

I want you to have big dreams, big goals. I want you to strive to achieve them. But I don't want to see you beating yourself up every time you make a mistake.

when times are tough, the weak bail and the tough get creative.

Wow. The guy can make me feel stupid even when he's telling me I don't have to let him make me feel stupid.

The rottweiler stood his ground and waited for me to take the next step in the dance of ritualized intimidation. Instead, I leaped at him. Screw ritual. Now was not the time to stand on ceremony.

Kids who don't eavesdrop on adult conversations are doomed to a childhood of ignorance.

Remembering. Forgetting. I'm not sure which is worse.

A name is so important. A surname connects you to your past, to your family. Even a given name has meaning - why did your parents pick that particular one?

First you buy me a mocha. Then you let me help you hide a body. Now you take me to a biker clubhouse. Best. Day. Ever.

He was trying to tell me something.' Derek snorted. 'Aren’t they all? Must be a rule in the ghost handbook—if in danger of evaporating, make sure you’re in the middle of a dire pronouncement.

I grew up writing about the paranormal, and I blame too many Saturday mornings watching Scooby Doo.

Can I quote myself...? Oh wait, I think I just did.

Hollywood is a place where people from Iowa mistake each other for movie stars.

You have to be willing to recognize failure.

I had fallen in love with California.

I like independent films... European films. I do go and see popular films as well because my kids force me.

Every experience, waking or dream, has a lesson or message to impart to us.

The creative process is different from the traditional production and work-flow process. It is not so linear.

Republicans like Trent Lott, saying [Donald] Trump would be more flexible [then Ted Cruz].

We are unlimited beings. We have no ceiling.

I have those moments with my kids and family where we try to unplug and just be in the moment. We put everything else to the side and just be there with our family.