I've been co-writing a TV thing with Bryan Cranston, which we are going to find out soon if it's moving forward or not which is for Amazon.

The first person I met in the business was David Heyman, who was a producer on Daytrippers and who went on to produce the highly-unsuccessful Harry Potter series.

I feel this way about a lot of movies, that the characters are idealized versions of people. For better or worse, I am as fascinated with human flaws as anything.

Jon Hamm was the first I thought of for the other role in [Keeping Up with the Joneses], I recently worked with him on Clear History, an HBO improv movie that we had done together.

It actually took me 20 years to want to write about my youth. I was definitely always a little intimidated about writing about that part of my life.

One of the dangers of making a movie about young people is it's potentially trite.

My first love will always be movies.

Jon Hamm is incredibly good at playing people who have secrets and are hiding aspects of their personality, and obviously Don Draper had a lot of that.

I feel like I'm long overdue for a "one for me" movie, so I've got two low-budget indy personal things I'm working on.

Brian Eno records and music became a huge obsession of mine in college, in a way that a pop song can provide solace. I don't know if it's shallow or silly, but it meant so much to me.

Even the mistakes and the pain that you've caused and enacted upon you. That is definitely what I'm trying to capture

We envy people who are extremely old because we wish to live that long, not because we want to be that old.

Work like hell! I had 122 rejection slips before I sold a story.

Jesus is the Son of God.We are sons and daughters of God.

Savor life authentically.

Trust Him in the Deep Waters! ~Jessica R. Patch author of Deep Waters.

The generation that destroys the environment is not the generation that pays the price. That is the problem.

Jesus was born on a bank holiday and died on a bank holiday. We can therefore assume that when he returns again it will also be on a bank holiday.

Never dwell on the tomorrow; remember, that it's God's and not ours.

The main emotion of the adult American who has had all the advantages of wealth, education, and culture is disappointment.

She tried to be someone people liked. She tried to be someone people disliked. But all I became was someone who didn't succeed with anything I tried to be.