In these times of stress, snark, division and despair, I still suspect that two of the most important features we possess are imagination and a capacity for goodness. Those are qualities for which we will be remembered most fondly.

There are few films where you have women really driving the plot.

Women have a greater verbal capacity.

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.

I often think about the many remarkable things that my personal computer can do which I never ask it to do. I probably use a small fraction of its capabilities. I often wonder if the same dynamic occurs with our capacity for creativity.

I don't have to go into outer space to write about an astronaut.

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.