Dreams do come true. But it will involve a lot of hard work, a lot of dedication, a lot of studying.

Today, with computer-generated visual effects, everything is possible. So we've seen everything. If it can be imagined, it can be put on screen.

Screenwriting and making movies is really playing make-believe like most of us did as children.

For as long as I can remember, I've always had a wild imagination and always enjoyed reading and writing.

There is truly no other business in the world like making movies. It's unique, it's extremely demanding and difficult, but it's also the most rewarding.

Get back up, shake the dust off and keep going. Keep going, because Hollywood is set up to make you fail.

My tombstone would someday read I died keeled over at my computer writing a screenplay or a business plan.

I've already made several friends-for-life from the latest movies I've worked on, and I know I'll make several more in the years to come.

The original Star Wars ("A New Hope") has had the greatest impact on me of all the films I've ever watched. It's really what sparked something in me to want to make movies.

I spent several years in the film finance business, but I returned to what I loved most about the industry - actual filmmaking, producing, writing and directing.

I found my father's Super8mm film camera when I was around eight years old and started shooting with it. I had no idea what I was doing at the time, but that's really where my filmmaking began.

A friend told me that one day he and I would be rich and famous. I told him that I'd trade my half of the fame, for his half of the money.

Whatever you now do, whatever you now believe, whatever your current circumstances may be, you are perfectly equipped and fully capable of fulfilling your needs and desires.

To marry a woman you love and who loves you is to lay a wager with her as to who will stop loving the other first.

Your personal brand is what people say about you when you are not in the room - remember that. And more importantly, let's discover why!

My mom is painfully sweet; she's from Nebraska.

If I had only one more round to play, I would choose to play it at Pebble Beach. I've loved this course from the first time I saw it. It's possibly the best in the world.

You must make your own opportunities.

I didn't think of myself as a tart, but I wouldn't argue with anyone who did

You can't be a first-world economy in the 21st century if you haven't laid the groundwork to seize the opportunities.

The US government is like an ocean liner, not like a speed boat. It's harder to turn around than people might think.