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 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.

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

You can never know anything for sure.

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.

With improvisation, I just do it. It might be a total failure but then you just throw the dice again.

There's a new medical crisis. Doctors are reporting that many men are having allergic reactions to latex condoms. They say they cause severe swelling. So what's the problem?

jealousy is the direct result of self-betrayal.

Men and women, empires and cities, thrones, principalities, and powers, mountains, rivers, and unfathomed seas, worlds, spaces, and universes, all have their day, and all must go.

Next to praying there is nothing so important in practical religion as Bible-reading.

For people on my side of the cubicle, the goal is always creativity. Spending your time overcoming corporate resistance to creativity - I just don't want to do that.

So think long and hard about who you're spending the most time with, for wherever they are headed, so are you.

Perhaps that is what it means to be a father - to teach your child to live without you.

But Madonna has a small amount of talent when it comes to movies.

When I was growing up, the blues did seem too simple to me. I was just a muso.