"When we label anyone 'bad', we will have more trouble dealing with him than if we could have settled for a lesser label."

“Pressure is only what you make of it and what you put on yourself.”

“There are many images and realities of what women are, become, can be - strong, vulnerable, dogged, determined, frail, brave, courageous. The faces of women are at once gentle, reflective, firm; steeped with a sense of self, the lives of women growing older are lives of care, toil, splendour and glory... the future is not to be feared.”

“When you are a writer the assist-to-turnover ratio...there are a lot more turnovers than assists. It's just the nature of the beast.”

Source : "Why Dane DeHaan and Aubrey Plaza's 'Life After Beth' Make Out Could Have Been Awkward". Interview with Jordan Zakarin, yahoo.com. August 7, 2014.

“Lying to the American people wasn’t part of my job description.”

“It may be -- I hope it is -- redemption to guess and perhaps perceive that the universe, the hell which we see for all its beauty, vastness, majesty, is only part of a whole which is quite unimaginable.”

“I loved DreamWorks and Pixar, and I still love kids films.”

Source : Interview with Modesta Dziautaite, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 22, 2014.

“Maybe my passion is nothing special, but at least it's mine.”

“People treat you according to your energy or what you put out there, so what I put out there is very open. I'm not paranoid or scared, I'm open. That's how I treat people, with respect and speak truthfully.”