When I started editing on my home computer, I said to myself, 'Well, I could be at home studying for a class or I could be at home editing a video.'

Even today, in our progressive times, in most movies that come out, the men have to have biceps and the women have to be thin or something.

My dad never blew anything up, but he probably had friends who did. He and my mom have always preached that the pen is mightier than a Molotov cocktail.

It's less about what you do and more about who you are doing it with.

Media used to be one way. Everyone else in the world just had to listen. Now the internet is allowing what used to be a monologue to become a dialogue. I think that's healthy.

If you're going to put yourself above everybody else, you might end up alone.

The Sun is such a lonely star. Whenever he comes out to see his friends, they all disappear.

The most valiant thing you can do as an artist is inspire someone else to be creative.

If you know which way the current is going, you can use it to your advantage.

The Internet is allowing us to get back to what's really more natural, which is that storytelling is a shared thing. It's our natural way to be communal.

When I was Younger, I wanted to be something.Now, I just want to be younger.

It is the blessing of dumb work done close to the earth-one gritty minute at a time, we move forward.

Love, JamieP.S. I can't believe you're dying. Please don't die.

Excessive interest in pathological behavior was itself pathological

Hitler was so modern, in that he was obsessed with being famous. He was caught up with this rush to be have achieved greatness before turning 30.

I breathed the air of history all unaware, and walked oblivious through its littered layers.

Think I'll win. Could be big.

So far I'm not surprised by anything about being a mom. It's all pretty great - but that's what I expected.

It's not funny when you actually get shot, but afterwards, yeah, it's funny.

It’s a wonderful thing when you look inside your own heart and like what you see.

Pure wisdom always directs itself towards God; the purest wisdom is knowledge of God.