We live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns.

A hero would die for his country, but he'd much rather live for it.

A news organization has a much different responsibility. I might not be telling you the whole story. I might not be telling you a story in a manner that is properly sophisticated.

There's that process of writing it - then you come out of your room into the sunlight, and you now have to complete the circuit and make the connection finally with the audience.

Socializing on the internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality.

My resting pulse as a writer is writing idealistically and romantically; aspirationally. My taste lies in quixotic heroes.

Film doesn't have to worry. Movies are awesome. There's no war going on, theaters aren't going to lose.