Kids are natural little outdoor people. It is we, the adults, who turn them into indoor people. If you don't get of fyour computer, why should they?

Maps encourage boldness. They're like cryptic love letters. They make anything seem possible.

Adventure is a path...Real adventure - self-determined , self-motivated, often risky - forces you to have firsthand encounters with the world.

Maps are essential. Planning a journey without a map is like building a house without drawings.

Give your kids responsibility. Once outside, let them lead, who cares if you get lost; it might be the best trip you've ever had.

Stop worrying about whether they can handle it. You want the truth? Your kid is hardier than you are... Kids are tough.

Wanderlust is incurable.

This was the way he had to go

A good comic explores the imagination, but it's always got to have those notes of truth running through it.

I personally do not believe in politics, hatred, or anger in my musical composition.

I'm not afraid to be lonely at the top.

For Hannibal, it's really about food as art and also, Hannibal's specific brand of art. And I guess I'm a bit of a foodie.

You don't have to work for a big corporation if you don't want to.

. . . escape is easier than change.

I think I'm very strong at dialogue, I think I'm very strong in characterization. I think sometimes I use dialogue and character work to cover weaknesses in my plotting.

Graduating at the age of 21 was a wonderful age to hopefully start a career.

It's always hard to be away and relocate. When you relocate for a film, there's an end in sight.