“Teachers have a chance to mold someone, inspire them. I hope all teachers realize that.”

“I want to do movies that I'm proud of where my kids, at some point, can see and I can feel comfortable sitting there watching it with them. And just that move people. That make people feel a little bit better about themselves when they leave the theatre.”

“As American as an apple is and as American as baseball is, they don't go together. You can't be chewing an apple at a baseball game. You've got to let go of the diet that day.”

“Teachers have a chance to mold someone, inspire them. I hope all teachers realize that.”

“Thanksgiving, man. Not a good day to be my pants.”

“There's no better feeling in the world than a warm pizza box on your lap.”

“It's always cool to meet people who can do things that you have no capacity to do.”

“Acceptance and validation are the fuels of the future.”

“Writing is like painting a painting. Layer over layer over layer.”

“If you're not writing, you're wronging.”

“Yeah, I write Urban Fantasy, but its more like Die Hard or Indiana Jones with Fairies, Mummies and a Vampire who uses guns more than his teeth.”