I'm not interested in the difference between good and bad, I'm interested in the differences between good and great.

The real problem with all drugs is that they work. Fantastically. They're great, right up until the moment they kill you.

I've never met anyone who has said, "My goal is to make America mediocre." That's a kind of hard-right conservative fallacy.

Decisions are made by those who show up.

I consider plot a necessary intrusion on what I really want to do, which is write snappy dialogue. But when I'm writing, the way the words sound is as important to me as what they mean.

There are no Asian movie stars

It seems to me that more and more we've come to expect less and less from each other, and I think that should change.