I don't think it's going to be possible for the next generation of writers to tell stories without telling stories about telling stories.

None of us are bad people. We float around and we run across each other and we learn about ourselves, and we make mistakes and we do great things. We hurt others, we hurt ourselves, we make others happy and we please ourselves. We can and should forgive ourselves and each other for that.

I was raised on NBC television.

Yoda is interesting because, in addition to being wise, he is two feet tall, and a Yoda.

I am absolutely and inherently self-destructive in that I am always making sure I'm doing what I want to do.

Class clowns are never allowed to date anybody decent, but you don't get beaten up, you're invited to parties, and everybody likes you.

I surround myself with loyalists and people that I would die for. I just would rather die than make bad stuff for people because I'm a terrible dishwasher and a terrible lover and a terrible pet owner.