Its obvious, but perhaps worth saying, that happiness has virtually nothing to do with the state of your intellect.

Plot and character are virtually the same thing.

You can have data without information, but you cannot have information without data.

An attempt to write nothing but characterization will soon bog down; I for one don't want to have somebody tell me about someone else.

Actors are good liars; writers are good liars with good memories.

Police do not belong in war zones.

Our species is on the verge of changes that will fundamentally alter what it means to be human... and we are the people driving that change.

It's very strange writing science fiction in a world that moves as fast as ours does.

You want to balance the budget in this country? We change the salary structure for Congress and the President. Every year they don't balance the budget, we don't pay them.

As a fiscal conservative, I think that our government should pay for itself.

The federal debt in this country is principally of Republican design.

When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.

And, too ignorant to be scared, too young to be awed, Tristan Thorn traveled beyond the fields we know...

Never take yourself too seriously. Learn to let go and let the words flow.

Be daring. Be first. Be different.

I think the approach of the character for us is the same in a silent movie as in a talking movie because we had balance, we had lines to learn.

I dont want to be labeled one thing. My main thing I care about is being able to create the things I want to do with my friends, whatever platform that is.

Not everything you do is going to be a masterpiece, but you get art there and you try and sometimes it really happens. The other times you’re just stretching your soul.

She didn't know there were things worse than selfish.

I tried to remember how to exhale. I had to look away before it came back to me.

She's been on more laps than a napkin.