We don't work in the traditional TV format where we're like writing concurrently to shooting. Like, we really view it as a large feature film.

I guess I need a hobby. Currently my primary hobby is complaining.

Everyone I know who is having success in film right now is there because of persistence.

I loved movies. They inspired me more than anything growing up and wanted to do for others what those movies have done for me. I do a lot of other creative stuff but am not very good at it.

Our brains will destroy ourselves if we don't put it outward.

I went to film school at UT Austin. I learned a lot and that school's good for puking up all your bad movies early and quick. But ultimately, no one can teach you to be an artist.

Most people in Hollywood are making about 10 percent of all the things they're considering; I am making 95 percent.

The worst question really comes from the attitude of the asker and it usually comes in the form of "What was your inspiration for the film?"

An interview is only as good as both parties are willing to give to the interview and that includes the interviewer.

Filmmaking is a very complex form - ya know, acting, lighting, screenwriting, storytelling, music, editing - all these things have to come together.

I'll stick with you baby for a thousand years.

It's not my goal to be a famous actor.

Writing keeps me from believing everything I read.

Faithful continued prayer is one key to answered prayer. As James expresses it, "You do not have, because you do not ask God" (James 4:2).

I am single and childless, but I have lots of friends and I am an aunt to three lovely children.

It's not just an exclamation, but it's a rejection of everything to do with Christmas, with the spirit of Christmas, with gift-giving, with generosity.

I do believe there are leaders who are like lightning and they come along and they lead. The Lincolns of the world, the Alexander the Greats, they do exist. They have existed.

I don't really believe in palm readers and crystal balls and tarot cards, but I respond to the need for them.

Our country is the world-our countrymen are all mankind.

I have the belief that a person and his art should have one direction; your work should be a synonym for your person - the two shouldn't be separate.