I make no distinction between writing and storytelling; I've always wanted to tell stories.

Star Wars' is a galaxy a long time ago, far, far away. 'Star Wars' is not about our future.

If you're constantly hamstrung by worry that people aren't going to like it, you can't do your job.

Anger is not a real feeling. Every time in my life I've ever been angry, it's because I was scared, or because I was sad and I didn't know it. Anger doesn't just come out of a vacuum.

Hindsight is 20/20, but the moral of the writing for me is that when you're feeling very scared and nervous about something and you're fairly convinced that it could be a massive disaster, that's exactly the idea that you should do.

Michael Arndt, that guy - you're just supposed to say nice things about other writers, but I worship Michael Arndt.

I've always been into having stories told to me. I was a voracious reader, my father was also a teller of tales; and the kind of Baron Munchausen proxy of a tall tale was much more interesting than a true tale.