You can never know anything for sure.

I think that crowdfunding has become such a powerful tool to tell stories that might not find financing otherwise - like a dark comedy about infidelity, for example!

I am really fascinated by self-sabotage. I think that there's not a person I know who doesn't fall victim to it. It's essential to the human condition, and relatable.

Too many people get caught up in the idea that they are experts in their field and forget to keep growing and learning.

Unless you have a huge ego, I think it requires a tremendous amount of bravery to keep putting yourself out there, knowing that you will get rejected most of the time.

Being drunk leads smart people to do stupid things, which is what is so interesting.

You don't encounter anyone who is not hero or villain of their own story. If it's man vs. self, you have to explore the ways each character is villainous and heroic.

I think it's really important to depict complex, flawed LGBT characters, because we are all connected by our humanity.

I think there's a lot of power in admitting that you don't know everything.

I usually try to write through pain and end up digging myself into a deeper hole.

Don't give up on each other.

Just as the earth that bears the man who tills and digs it, to bear those who speak ill of them, is a quality of the highest respect.

The Real Life from the Heart is not to Discover the Value of Money.

They’ve made her something else now.

There are so many different ways to say "I love you" and to talk about love in the songs.

... our objects, bibelots, whatnots, and knickknacks-say the most about who we are. They are as honest as a diary.

It was deliciously pagan.

I've been in California for about 15 years now. You're always in your car and insulated. I miss New York so much.

Theories can be based on any assumptions, however bizarre.

I guess that's the thing about Rome: It never changes.

Rambo isn't violent. I see Rambo as a philanthropist.