Use what you know. Draw from it. It doesnt always mean plot or fact. It means capturing a truth from your experiencing it, expressing values you personally feel deep down in your core.

I never think about the audience. If someone gives me a marketing report, I throw it away.

There's nothing that you like in this world that wasn't influenced by a bunch of key things; nothing came completely clean out of a vacuum.

I'm also a huge cinephile, and I have witnessed that to honor the book literally word-for-word never makes a good movie.

I'm twice as funny, I'm twice as smart, I'm twice as whatever when I'm around other people that challenge me.

A major threshold is passed when you mature enough to acknowledge what drives you, and to take the wheel and steer it.

A strong theme is always running through a well-told story.