Whatever you do, whether you're doing a television drama or a romantic comedy, you want to be relevant, to some degree.

As a writer, as a storyteller, you have to have your emotions close, and the older I've gotten, the less I've worried about not displaying emotions.

I don't know when I made that active decision to be a writer or to try to write, but I know I always liked storytelling.

When it comes to fighting for freedom, those who are willing to fight should not be limited by our bigotry. Only rewarded with our gratitude.

Facts tend to take the punch out of a good hate rant and are therefore left best unsaid.

For every horrific event, something beautiful happens.

My kids will find me walking around the house talking to myself and think I'm going crazy. I like to read the scripts out loud and really get the rhythm for the dialogue.

There's something very special about knowing what you want to do and knowing the story you want to tell, but finding it together.

With fear of stating the obvious: Freedom belongs to 'We the People,' not 'They the Politicians.'

I think I'm an overly emotional person. I feel a lot, but I don't believe that's unique to me or that's how I am able to do the things I do.

I've written films that are violent. I'm not big on sitting and watching violence.

Have faith in the truth. Faith can move mountains.

Do you want love, or do you want control?

Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose-petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.

Inside a soul, there's a hero to discover

Brotherhood is not so wild a dream as those, who profit by postponing it, pretend.

I am a big fan of smelly cheeses but the rest of the family don't seem to be particularly keen on them.

...you need not do and be everything.

If anything, I don't have any intention of recording music that's just me playing acoustic guitar singing a song anytime soon.

If I break my ankle right now, this Olympics wasn't meant to be.

i will live by the gun and die by the gun