At one time in my career, Barnes and Noble bookstores categorized my books as religious fiction.

Everyone has some inner power that awaits discovery.

The kids who speak well, are articulate and intelligent, are all readers.

The idea of being a novelist is really romantic, but it's kind of the same as being president of the United States - it's not gonna happen.

You can read a character that feels amazing, but if the world around it and all the writing around it - even the way the stage descriptions are written - don't feel just right, then you know there's no point in doing the project. No character is ever bigger than the whole film.

My bread and butter is rom-com, and if I had to go back and tell my 15-year-old self watching 'When Harry Met Sally' that one day I would be writing a film in the same genre, I would have freaked out.

Our most valuable resources - creativity, communication, invention, and reinvention - are, in fact, unlimited.

Only individual creativity can bring about real social development.