Why write stories? To join the conversation.

I did not begin with craft, I began with strong feelings and worked toward craft.

Piece by piece, my mother is being stolen from me.

Twenty years after we had left so fierce and proud, we were all right back where we had started, yoked to each other and the same old drama.

Beyond the visible is invisible.

Remember that when an employee enters your office he is in a strange land.

You are your own refuge There is no other You cannot save another You can only save yourself.

There is safety in small beginnings and there is unlimited capital in the experience gained by growing.

A man of character in peace is a man of courage in war.

Every movie that I've done, they don't stand independently from one another because a little bit of me is in every single one of those, and it's part of my own personal growth.

I bet the human brain is a kludge

Have a strong vision about the story you want to tell and how you want to tell it.

There are people in the world who 1,000% will love you just the way you are. So no matter what, keep that in mind.

The devil doesn't come dressed in a red cape and pointy horns. He comes as everything you've ever wished for.