The future isn't just something that happens. It's a brutal force, with a great sense of humor, that'll steamroll you if you're not watching.

And I liked that whole idea that energy comes from not disseminating your ideas and talking about them.

The battered idealist. It's just my favorite character ... To me, a hero is somebody who is able to accept the environment of the world, deal with the stuff that's thrown in their path ... and somehow keep their heart.

In the future, everybody is going to be a director. Somebody's got to live a real life so we have something to make a movie about.

Many people don't have an outlet for their feelings or how they can express life and not everybody in a relationship is the kind of person who wants to. But if you can write, you can find a good way to do it.

I have heard your words and your disappointment, and I offer you a heart-felt apology to all who felt this was an odd or misguided casting choice.

I always loved movies, but I never thought I would presume to be a screenwriter and definitely not a director.