Michael Arndt, that guy - you're just supposed to say nice things about other writers, but I worship Michael Arndt.

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.

And I breathe large at home. I drop my cloak, Unclasp my girdle, loose the band that tiesMy hair...now could I but unloose my soul!We are sepulchred alive in this close world, And want more room.

Don't take too much comfort in the fact that you're successful today because tomorrow could bring failure. There's no surety in life.

The French Revolution will be found to have had great influence on the strength of parties, and on the subsequent political transactions of the United States.

The woman's cause is man's. They rise or sink Together. / Dwarf'd or godlike, bound or free; miserable, / How shall men grow? - Let her be / All that not harms distinctive womanhood.

If I were dead and buried And I heard your voice, Beneath the sod My heart of dust Would still rejoice.

I think I came to film-making through writing. I started to write, and people, teachers, responded to my writing.

The dream is not the destination but the journey.

The driving motivation of a new American endeavor in Iraq and in neighboring Arab lands should be modernizing the Arab world.

The shaming of Washington, insofar as it is even possible, is a very noble pursuit.

We should hold day with the Antipodes, If you would walk in absence of the sun.