What I write is very personal, but not autobiographical. It's more 'thematically personal' - what's up in my life in terms of themes at the moment.

I like movies that are about real people in real time with real problems.

It really shocks me when I encounter people who think kindness doesn't matter. Because I think it's pretty much the only thing that matters.

In college, you're kind of designing who you want to be. And I wanted to be a big reader.

I kicked college nostalgia in my late 20s. As much as I loved college and treasure the memories, I no longer want to go back.

I care about reading, a lot. It's a big part of my life.

Even though I occasionally appear on it, I don't watch television.

Kindness is not about instant gratification. More often, it's akin to a low-risk investment that appreciates steadily over time.

Film allows me to ask some really big questions with the time to explore them deeply. I love the form.

I actually have a thing about proper nouns. They clang on my ear in a weird way when I hear them dropped into movies.

All of the things I used to obsess over, I'm no longer as obsessed with. I have new concerns but they're a little more existential or cosmic.

We are all the pieces of what we remember. We hold in ourselves the hopes and fears of those who love us. As long as there is love and memory, there is no true loss.

I just want to be smart like other pepul so I can have lots of frends who like me.

Why is hard to believe than to doubt?

A business plan is like a war plan, when you competitors know about it, it's no longer of any use

A sap run is the sweet goodbye of winter. It is the fruit of the equal marriage of the sun and frost.

Serve yourself, put the food away, then eat.

College costs are out of control.

If I knew I was going to win, I probably wouldn't even fight.

Is there any person in the world who does not dream? Who does not contain within them worlds unimagined?

Spirit is the most valuable asset, more than money and any other power.