One person's magical thinking is another person's cynicism.

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.

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.

I'm not glass-half-full, glass-half-empty; I'm like, "There's a glass?"

The motivation of all artists is 'Look at me, Mum'.

We are not perfect. We make mistakes. We screw up but then we forgive and move forward.

Find peace in where and what you are.

I would never challenge any rapper to a rap-off. It's weird, I'm not that type of rapper.

Even if I wanted to run for Ethiopia, I wouldn't expect the government or federation to choose me to do that.

Everyone's life is a mess. Everyone's. We all make mistakes . . . and not just little slip-ups. Major mistakes that hurt us and other people.

When information is cheap, attention becomes expensive.

Falsehoods which we spurn today, were the truths of long ago.

The truth about any man can only be calculated by the sum of everything that has been said about him.

Don't wait to find solid ground. Dance in emptiness.