My writing is consistently influenced by everything I watched and listened to growing up, so it's just this crazy collage of everything.

A lot of people have said it to me 'You made me cry.' And it was only because I cried myself when I watched the movie.

I think great filmmakers will always talk in terms of storytelling. These guys were always about the story. That is how I love to talk about a film.

Hardcover and paperback forever. Someone carve that into a tree.

I have yet to hear an instance where misfortune hit a man because he worked overtime. I know lots of instances where it hit men who did not.

A man must know his destiny. if he does not recognize it, then he is lost.

I'm a Spalding Gray in a Rick Dees world.

Man's duty is to improve himself; to cultivate his mind; and, when he finds himself going astray, to bring the moral law to bear upon himself.

Gin a body meet a body Flyin' through the air, Gin a body hit a body, Will it fly? and where?

before the gate -- my walking stick's made a river of melting snow

Nothing about this entire scenario made sense. But who cares? Once in a while, everyone was entitled to be a bit flaky, and now it was his turn.

There are many more secrets in the world that are waiting to be found. The question of how many secrets exist in our world is roughly equivalent to how many startups people should start.

My style is boho chic. I love that time period - the patterns, the prints, the people, the music, the vibe.