You never know what's around the corner unless you peek. Hold someone's hand while you do it. You will feel less scared.

If you can speak about what you care about to a person you disagree with without denigrating them or insulting them, then you may actually be heard.

If you do a scene and you really like a character in it or a premise in it to write it down and to work on it so that you can have five or six characters that you can pull out in an audition.

The earlier you learn that you should focus on what you have, and not obsess about what you don't have, the happier you will be.

I have realized that mystery is what keeps people away, and I've grown tired of smoke and mirrors. I yearn for the clean, well-lighted place. So let's peek behind the curtain and hail the others like us. The open-faced sandwiches who take risks and live big and smile with all of their teeth. These are the people I want to be around. This is the honest way I want to live and love and write.

It's easier to be brave when you're not alone.

It’s never overreacting to ask for what you want and need.