“I’m not really trying to break the bank like some other people. I just want what’s fair.”

Good manners are just a way of showing other people that we have respect for them.

I want it to be so that when No. 27 is out there, they don’t know what’s going on because I do it all.

I love actors and I love to create an environment where they feel safe to connect and thrive and try things.

I was a wild, mischievous kid, and I had tremendous imagination. Any experience I had, I’d try to reenact it.

Because it’s up to the journalist not only to understand what I’m trying to convey, but to convey that understanding through their process.

Don’t try to be what you’re not. If you’re nervous, be nervous. If you’re shy, be shy. It’s cute.

Who was trying to be cool by writing about young people and a certain kind of Bay Area culture that I was tangentially a part of.

There were points at which I was trying to use my art to reflect positively on myself, to almost be flirtatious through the work.

I try to maintain a healthy lifestyle, but I have to indulge every now and then!

The idea of trying to make the effort to produce something, to put something out into the world, rather than just taking in all the stuff the world’s putting out at you.