I devoted myself to writing for years without representation or a promise of anything. And there were times when I felt quite down about my prospects.

It's so easy today to get swept up in celebrity fixation and materialism and searching for some validation outside of yourself when we know it's really found within and through meaningful connections with other people.

You can be moved by an animated film and not by a live action film. There could be great inspiration in and humanity in that animated story.

There is so much talent out there and not quite as much opportunity.

From stoplights to skyscrapers, turn anywhere in civilization and you will see imagination at work. It's in our inventions, advances and remedies and how a single parent masterminds each day. Imagination is boundless, surrounds us and resides in us all.

My mother enjoyed few things more than investing in the underdogs and showing them that they were special and could achieve their dreams.

I think if you get your fifth script made, that's the fast track. But there's no guarantee any of them will get made.