With fear of stating the obvious: Freedom belongs to 'We the People,' not 'They the Politicians.'

As a writer, as a storyteller, you have to have your emotions close, and the older I've gotten, the less I've worried about not displaying emotions.

We see films all the time, whether they have access to all kinds of intellectual property or artifacts, and the one thing that they don't get is story. So I think whether you're talking about a biopic or an action film or a science-fiction film that has all the CGI in the world, if you're not trying to connect with an audience, it doesn't really matter.

I'm sorry, but chick fights are sexy. If you don't think so, you're either an uptight woman or a lying man.

For every horrific event, something beautiful happens.

At an early age, I knew there were a lot of things I couldn't do. My father was a doctor, and my mother was a teacher. I knew I wasn't good in numbers, and I knew I wouldn't work well in overly structured environments.

There's something very special about knowing what you want to do and knowing the story you want to tell, but finding it together.