There is no doubt that directing television has helped hone my directing skills. What television teaches you is to be efficient and to think on your feet. You have to adhere to strict deadlines and budget constraints.

Since the beginning of time, every child on the planet has endeavored to please their parents.

By definition, I believe I am unapologetically optimistic and I am unapologetically earnest.

In making certain things easier for people, technology has actually demotivated people from using their brains. We have all these devices that keep us connected, and yet we’re more disconnected than ever before. Why is that?

I still have the art projects my kids made for me 20 years ago. I cherish them, crude and silly as some of them may be.

Literally, if someone says I am grounded, everyday I am at home, I actually have my hands in the ground and dirt under my fingernails. I don't have a staff to do it all for me. I still plant a seed and I'm amazed it grows.

We are all wonderful, beautiful wrecks. That's what connects us-that we're all broken, all beautifully imperfect.