The telling and hearing of stories is a bonding ritual that breaks through illusions of separateness and activates a deep sense of our collective interdependence.

Life is love. Love is God. God is divine.

Sometimes, the best deed you can do for another person is to not save them from their troubles.

The purposeful destruction of information is the essence of intelligent work.

I've worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down.

I'd say writing is easier for me now than it once was, but I do less of it.

Long live the beauty that comes down and through and onto all of us.

Your life shows up for you when you show up for your life.

If you're trying to drop ten pages from a screenplay, it hurts like hell, but if you just put it away for a month and then take it out, you can do it just like that!

Love, which is the essence of God, is not for levity, but for the total worth of man.

I've learned the hard lesson that you can't pin your heart on anything until it's a completely done deal.