You start as an audience member and create a world you're interested in, and then you move into the telling of those stories, bringing what has interested you as an audience member.

Everyone has a little bit of Howard and Chad in them. I think there's Christine in all men as well.

I think Christine and Chad are on the opposite extremes of the spectrum. Christine is a model victim, and Chad is a model perpetrator, and Howard is closer to the middle.

We live in a disposable society. It's easier to throw things out than to fix them. We even give it a name - we call it recycling.

In a relationship you have to open yourself up.

My best male friend is my best friend until he crosses me. We're all protective of the self.

If we put the camera on ourselves, our friends and neighbors, we'll come up with some scary stuff.

There is a lot of absurdity sometimes, not just in Mormonism but often in other religions that want to pretend that no bad happens in their church, rather than taking care of what bad does happen.

The future is now. It's time to grow up and be strong. Tomorrow may well be too late.

Everybody has the ability to be manipulative, to be hateful and deceitful.

Everyone has a story.

Discovering passion and purpose requires figuring out what works and what doesn't. Mature, successful people establish their on rules. These rules are measured by only one standard: do they work?

I became bored - that was all. Boredom, which is another name and a frequent disguise for vitality, became the unconscious motive of all my acts.

Much is being said about peace; and no man desires peace more ardently than I. Still I am yet unprepared to give up the Union fora peace which, so achieved, could not be of much duration.

I completely identify as female, believe it or not.

Democracy represents the disbelief in all great men and in all elite societies: everybody is everybody's equal.

My imperfections will never override God’s promises. God’s promises are not dependent on my ability to always choose well, but rather on His ability to use well.

When you start being enthusiastic about whatever it is you like, that is the golden age for you.

I like being on the floor, listening in on the huddles. It makes me feel like a player again.

With women you don't have to talk your head off. You just say a word and let them fill in from there.

I wanted to create a place where parents can come and find products that are safe for their children, as well as good for the planet.