“Sometimes I wonder how my filmmaking would have been affected by film ...” — Riley Stearns Quote

“Sometimes I wonder how my filmmaking would have been affected by film school but in the end I'm glad I got to figure it out on my own.”

“I go back home for Christmas every year. Inevitably, somebody from my family will say, 'How's the karate going?' I've told them a million times I do jiu-jitsu, but it's always, 'This is Riley. He does karate.' They're very different art forms!”

“I grew up lower-middle class outside of Austin, I'm a white guy, and I write movies.”

“I'm passionate about making a difference in increasing the quality of life and survivorship for all affected by lung cancer, having lost my mother and grandmother to this terrible disease.”

“I started putting myself in a bubble and it really affected me.”

“Sometimes when you are emotionally weak, you are affected, but not all the time. When you have your family to support you, it helps you to stay strong.”