Even as a kid I was never the generator of humor, but I always knew who was funny, who to hang out with.

The greatest story commandment is: Make me care.

Use what you know. Draw from it. It doesnt always mean plot or fact. It means capturing a truth from your experiencing it, expressing values you personally feel deep down in your core.

The best stories infuse wonder.

Don't give [the audience] four; give them two plus two.

I never think about the audience. If someone gives me a marketing report, I throw it away.

Loneliness is, I think, people's biggest fear, whether they are conscious of it or not.

Frankly, there isn't anyone you couldn't learn to love once you've heard their story.

That's what great art does - it inspires other artists to do great art, and that's what it should do.

Drama is anticipation mingled with uncertainty.

Change is fundamental in story. If things go static, stories die.

The grace of God is joyous gladness.

If you ask me, when something extraordinary shows up in your life in the middle of the night, you give it a name and make it the best home you can.

I'm in awe of comics that do things that I can't do, or haven't tried doing yet.

Being nonconfrontational allows people to feel like they can say anything they want.

I lock my door upon myself, And bar them out; but who shall wall Self from myself, most loathed of all?

Mankind, from Adam, have been women's fools; Women, from Eve, have been the devil's tools: Heaven might have spar'd one torment when we fell; Not left us women, or not threatened hell.

I have not earned what I have already enjoyed.

I now have a greater compassion than I have ever had before to know what it is to have the pain of a broken marriage. And I'm not saying I have an answer or solution for everyone.

I could wish for nothing more than to die for a childish dream in which I truly believed.

I married somebody who is very secure. He's been in my corner from the time we met, and we grew in this together.