Scientists like ripping problems apart, collecting as much data as possible and then assembling the parts back together to make a decision.

You already know the difference between being a gracious person versus a rude one.

I'm on a show called Wizards of Wavery Place, and I like it, but I'm unable to convince my Tivo that I wouldn't also like iCarly.

People tend to want to follow the beaten path. The difficulty is that the beaten path doesn't seem to be leading anywhere.

Time erases both the best and the worst of us.

Good poetry seems so simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we wonder that all men are not always poets. Poetry is nothing but healthy speech.

I have great faith in a seed.

I mean Donald Trump is a legitimate president. He won fair and square. He didn't win the election because of Russian interference.

I have a very varied taste in music. Everything from rap to classical to Latino to Rat Pack to jazz.

Most of the time, writing is a lot of fun, and not a small amount of self-medication.

Now is our time. It's our time to chase rainbows and build castles in the sky. It's our time to create a life that we love. Because someday, it will no longer be our time.