We are so vocal about what we hate.

Everyone has expectations. You just don't want to have them dashed, so you're quiet about them.

I actually have a thing about proper nouns. They clang on my ear in a weird way when I hear them dropped into movies.

I like movies that are about real people in real time with real problems.

Kindness is not about instant gratification. More often, it's akin to a low-risk investment that appreciates steadily over time.

There's something melancholy about professors because they're chronically abandoned. They form these lovely relationships with students and then the students leave and the professors stay the same. It's like they're chronically abandoned.