I think, if I've learned anything over the years, it is that every single season is a unique one.

Survivor is like rock 'n' roll - you can do what you want.

The adventure you're ready for is the one you get!

So often, the best way to figure out who has a shot at winning is by eliminating those that you're pretty sure don't.

Reality is a genre that seems to be here to stay. I don't know how many of the new shows will last, but the more competition you have, the harder that pie is to slice up.

My goal was, and still is, to write first, direct my own stuff whenever possible and control my own creative destiny.

The thing that surprises me most is, you cannot change who you are.

I love being a part of storytelling, so whether I'm getting to do that on Survivor, or do it through kids' adventure books, or directing a movie, it's all sort of the same: Once Upon a Time...

I feel good about the work I do on Survivor and am proud of my contribution.

I'm not one of these guys who says 'Now I'm on a really hot show. Better quit soon before I get labeled.' That's the most ridiculous notion I'd ever heard.

I really had no idea when I pitched the series that it would lead to so much fun and so much connecting with kids and moms.

It started with feelings of jealousy and like a mental virus it spread.

If I showed you what was in my heart, " she said, "it would burn you to a cinder."I've tried to burn you similarly, " it said, "but you never even noticed when I opened my chest.

The mind is a god

Amongst it all my soul craved one thing, Love, for it was the beginning and end of anything that will ever truly matter.

It was frustrating and exhausting to gather bits of disconnected information without understanding how it all fitted together.

Spend sixteen weeks in the jungle and you being to question your own sanity, especially when you are the one goading everyone else ahead.

Now what?” he finally asked.Téa came to stand in the doorway of her office. “Nowwhat, what? Hey, is that you, Cal?”“Affirmative.”Affirmative? Was that the cutest or what?

That to me is a bunch of crap trying to shoot guys up into damned space. What they're going to do is they're going to wipe out half a dozen people one of these days, and that will be the end of it.

But I read Catching Fire. I loved disappearing into a story.

If I can have any impact, I want women to feel good about themselves and have fun with fashion