I like to get things going. I get so many different ideas, whether it's film, TV, whatever.

Saying slavery was the cause of secession isn't politically correct; it's correct correct.

You know that sadness and rage you feel about your money? That's the way some of us feel about people.

The Oscar nominations are out, and they're so white a grand jury has decided not to indict them.

I love writing family stories.

When I was a kid, I was very much interested in magic and science. They fueled interest in one another.

Even though you're in charge you're not completely in ownership. You know, the audience takes a huge ownership of your show.

There's a lot of magic in science, so to speak.

I've always felt like I had a guardian angel in some of those ways.

When I was born there were still different drinking fountains you had to drink out of.

I started as a standup comic and an actor.

To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already 3-parts dead.

When writing a book, don't think about who is going to see it. Write about how you feel in the moment. Don't let a good idea get away.

She gives me the finger and turns back around. "Did you see that?" I flinch at the gesture. "That is completely illegal in here.

Socialism and Communism have failed, but now Capitalism is failing us.

They can make the wild ideas we come up with a reality.

In the technical realm, we repeatedly enter into a series of social contracts, the terms of which are revealed only after the signing.

I've always been baffled by how much we over-rate the statistically insignificant differences that separate competitors at the top end of the distribution.

A wedding is at once a crowded place and a private room, packed with trusts and empty of all but the heart's letters which one other heart may read and decipher.

i miss you so much it's giving me a pain in my pancreas.

In the early stages of innovation, your goal is to learn as much as you can as quickly as you can.