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I write to prove that we lived. I write both to remember and to let go. I write because I can't stop, not until this horrible story of ours is over and we're safe at home.

The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside.

The principle of art is to pause, not bypass.

We are at an inflection point in history.

Hiking in undiscovered places is a lot of fun.

For me, once I've worked on something and it's finished, it's like an ex-boyfriend: you don't go back to them.

I work to attain a 'state of heart', a gentle space offering inspirational substance that could purify one's vision. Photography, like music, must be born in the unmanifest world of spirit.

The way I sometimes approach my work, when I look at a script for the first time, is to identify what the archetypes are and what the writing is trying to do in that context.

Small teams move faster than big teams.

A supreme deity would no more gift us with intellect and expect us to forsake it in moments of bafflement, than He would fashion us eyes to see and bid us shut them to the stars