People just want good stories.

When I was in college, I was belittling the woman who later become my wife for not knowing who Boba Fett was, and she responded by asking me if I knew who the Prime Minister of Israel was. Surprisingly? Not Mon Mothma.

These are the young women [in Stand by Me] that we grew up knowing and hopefully they feel a little rough around the edges, because it's true to life.

There's a lot of fiction from that period that we're nostalgic for.

We describe [Paper Girls] as Stand By Me meets Terminator.It's a story about nostalgia and childhood, but with an action-packed, sci-fi bent.

There's just something about that late '80s that suddenly feels like it has something to teach us.

There are only three forms of high art: the symphony, the illustrated children's book and the board game.