Preston Sturges is one of my favorites. I learned about dialogue and timing from him - louder, faster, funnier. But I do love Mel Brooks.

This 'one big plan' thinking leads to a lot of the problems we're facing.

My parents have always been very supportive. I didnt go to school because my home was my school.

When I was little, I went to a Jewish community day school for most of elementary school.

I love clothes. No brands want to dress me.

I wrote two plays before I was cast on The Neighbors. They actually got published, which was cool.

Im a truly loved kid, and hopefully it will make me a happier adult.

I wrote and directed a movie called Two-Bit Waltz.

I want to make, like, 8,000 movies.

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I see now that my faith was becoming an ally rather than an enemy because I could vent anger freely, even toward God, without fearing retribution.

Stories, ' the green-eyed Sigrid said, unperturbed, 'are like prayers. It does not matter when you begin, or when you end, only that you bend a knee and say the words.

God’s love supersedes all religions and it is the core of all religions.

My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths.

Early in 1986, the World Health Organization in Geneva still regarded AIDS as an ailment of the promiscuous few.

I think the American people recognize that the world has shrunk. That it's interconnected. That you're not going to put that genie back in the bottle.

I'm pretty obsessed with Stevie Nicks from her style to her voice. I like watching her on YouTube and her old performances, the way she moves and everything.

It is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.

To lovers of the long and intricate history of language the disuse and final death of certain words is a matter of regret. Yet every age bears witness to the inevitableness of such loss.