It's just really about trying to do whatever it is I do at a level of excellence. That's really all I'm trying to do while I'm here.

I've always wanted to make a career in the arts, and I think that my only hope at doing that is to make it more about the work.

Whenever I think about movies, I always look at that art process as having the best of a lot of worlds. Because if you watch a great film, you have a musical element to it, not just on the scoring, but in the way that the shots are edited - that has music and rhythm and time.

Distance sometimes lets you know who's worth keeping and who's worth letting go.

I feel like I was writing as I was learning to talk. Writing was always a go-to form of communication.

My grandfather was smart and had a whole lot of pride. He didn't speak a terrible amount, but you could tell there was a ton on his mind - like a quiet acceptance of how life had turned out.

Those who are heartless, once cared too much.