I was writing short films and I was going through this really, really, really terrible end of a relationship that I didn't want to be going through. It was too much for me to process and all of a sudden I had this idea for my first feature film and I knew right away I had to start writing it.

I think of those who were truly great. The names of those who in their lives fought for life, Who wore at their hearts the fire's center.

Stephen Spender

Nothing can be meaner than the anxiety to live on, to live on anyhow and in any shape; a spirit with any honor is not willing to live except in its own way, and a spirit with any wisdom is not over-eager to live at all.

George Santayana

For some life lasts a short while, but the memories it holds last forever.

Laura Swenson

He who has a strong enough why can bear almost any how.

Friedrich Nietzsche

In the relationship between man and religion, the state is firmly committed to a position of neutrality.

Tom C. Clark

Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.

Ronald Reagan

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.

Khalil Gibran

Each person is his own judge.

American Indian Proverb, Shawnee

I would love to have dinner with Jay-Z and Beyonce. I think we would have a lot to chat about. I like them both so much, and I love them as a couple. I like that they are both at the top of their game - and that they have a mutual respect and admiration for each other.

Gayle King

Any fear of aging, I think, is simply vanity.

Leighton Meester

Soft pity enters an iron gate.

William Shakespeare

Good habits are as easy to form as bad ones.

Tim Mccarver