I am always stimulated by people. Almost never by ideas.
I kind of modeled Optimus Prime's voice out of many people I had known over the years, my family especially.
I do not know how anyone can mould anyone.
It’s the people you hold closest who have the most power to make you bleed.
Most definitely, my dad was my biggest influence.
The love of writing comes at a very early age. For me, for instance, comic books so affected me. And a lot of people who come up to me and start talking about writing, when I start talking to them about the "Fantastic Four," they look at me aghast. They say, "'The Fantastic Four?' That's not literature." I say, "Yeah, but it was when I was 11 years old." This was literature.
I have a weird and undying love for George Michael. He's the reason why I want to do what I do.
The influence of each human being on others in this life is a kind of immortality.
Steve has a reality distortion field.” When Hertzfeld looked puzzled, Tribble elaborated. “In his presence, reality is malleable. He can convince anyone of practically anything. It wears off when he’s not around, but it makes it hard to have realistic schedules.
Social progress is a big thing for me. Although science fiction is traditionally concerned with the hard sciences, which is chemistry, physics, and, some might argue, biology, my father was and still is a social scientist at the University of Toronto.
No individual has done more to help me pursue a career in science than my wife of forty-five years. I met Enid Cassandra Morgan during the election campaign of 1948 when she was a Sunday school teacher, a leader of the youth organizations of St. Phillips Episcopal Church, and the head of Harlem Youth for the election of Henry Wallace.
The way I see it, any attention I get, for whatever reason, just draws more eyes to the causes that I believe in.
There are people in the world who have the power to change our values.
Priyanka Chopra has made a huge impact on me.
One novel that I think is an overriding influence in my life is 'All the King's Men,' the most beautiful book written in the U.S.
Institutions don't change the world in fundamental ways. The way the world changes is heart to heart to heart by individuals, not by institutions.
I write characters that are based on elements of people I know and experiences I've really had.
Every little thing you do adds up, and before you know it, you've created your life. And how you create your life ripples out and affects everyone and everything that crosses your path, known or unknown to you.
What can one man do even if he is the president?
You can't influence people you refuse to associate with.
I'd lived by quotations, practically all my life.
Runty little bastard…just about the most dangerous person around [with a] powerful constituency.
Reference to George Wallace
I watched a lot of movies. I was deeply influenced by movies.
The time has come when the whole world must be concerned about me. From now on, American Christianity must follow me.
When I was out promoting 'Selma,' I became aware of so many other films that ought to be getting distribution. And this is a problem I can do something about because of my experience.
