Nothing replaces being in the same room, face to face, breathing the same air and reading and feeling each other's micro-expressions.

Every journey that is successful has culs-de-sac and speed bumps. I carry a wisdom gene through my life through the good, the bad, and the ugly.

With a purposeful story, you can change a "wanna be" to a "gonna be" to a "be".

Truth is a point of view, but authenticity can't be faked.

Language is a more recent technology. Your body language, your eyes, your energy will come through to your audience before you even start speaking.

Stories aren't the icing on the cake; they are the cake!

In any situation that calls for you to persuade, convince or manage someone or a group of people to do something, the ability to tell a purposeful story will be your secret sauce.

Good storytelling is harder than it sounds, but the easy part is that everyone has the ability to do it. ...Tap into it.

People love to be swept off their feet, to go into an environment where they've never been, to experience things they only dream about. And filmmaking offers that potential.

When you want to move somebody, you have to say to yourself: 'I'm in the emotional transportation business. I gotta move them, emotionally.

Most young people haven't used their storytelling skills since they were 8 or 9 or 10 and wanted to persuade Mom and Dad to take them to the ball game.

In his arms, I slowly unfolded like a love note read in secret.

We are born to believe We can’t change a thing We can’t, and we never could. But before you believe The things you believeYou must understand To be understood.

While I'm more of a soccer and tennis fan myself, I still enjoying catching some football games when I get the chance.

I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.

I'm from Wisconsin so I always feel a little nauseous about begging and trying to trick people into liking me.

The value of a thing is the amount of laboring or work that its possession will save the possessor.

I feel like at 50 I've decided to become a rock star, which is, you know, typical of me. I always seem to work backwards.

A distinctly ordinary player of extraordinary dirtiness.

A library is also a place where love begins.

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.