I've always kind of ripped from real life to some degree or at least how I'm feeling in the moment.

I'm not even supposed to be here today.

It's too expensive, that's the thing nobody wants to talk about. It is too expensive to make movies. That's not true, it is too expensive to market movies. Making movies is not.

Remember: It costs nothing to encourage an artist, and the potential benefits are staggering. A pat on the back to an artist now could one day result in your favorite film, or the cartoon you love to get stoned watching, or the song that saves your life. Discourage an artist, you get absolutely nothing in return, ever.

When you're an artist, all you're trying to do is self-express.

Any book is a self-help guide if you can take something from it.

Is man, indeed, a walrus at heart?