I took solace in my relationship with God who, along with my dog, was my best friend growing up.

I have a desire to create more film, more beauty, more art, more love, but I don't feel desperate. It's not about creating or building a career.

I was obsessed with the Olympics. It's so exciting to see that level of excellence and endurance.

Success made me self-sufficient, but it also took away my anonymity. I'm just this quiet nobody, and all of a sudden people are nervous around me. That was kind of weird.

Musically, I'm always gonna take it a little farther, and Lord willing, people are gonna get that and understand that: that there's not really one genre I'm trying to be in, but just as a producer, as a writer, as an artist, that I'm planning on going farther.

I'm very much interested in music specifically and wanted to make a film about it, but not in an atmosphere of censorship.

I want to see creativity that breaks boundaries and isn't just about money.

I discovered writing children's books was a way to keep living in my imagination like a child. So I wrote a number of books before I started 'Magic Tree House.' Then, once I got that, I never looked back because I could be somewhere different in every single book.