“My early prose style - this is so embarrassing - was sort of a suburba...” — John Hughes Quote

My early prose style - this is so embarrassing - was sort of a suburban, Presbyterian knockoff of Woody Allen.

People forget that when you're 16, you're probably more serious than you'll ever be again. You think seriously about the big questions.

A geek is a guy who has everything going for him but he's just too young. He's got the software but he doesn't have the hardware yet.

I usually listen to surf music, not much instrumental music, and when I was younger I listened to jazz.

My heroes were Dylan, John Lennon and Picasso, because they each moved their particular medium forward, and when they got to the point where they were comfortable, they always moved on.

My personal favorite is Woody Allen, who is just amazing as a comedian.

I couldn't have accomplished the things in my career if I didn't practice, and the worst part about that whole thing is when a kid comes up to me and says 'Allen, I don't like practice, either.' I've got to straighten that kid right then.

Yes, I'm a New Yorker, born and bred. While I'm not quite the L.A. snob that Woody Allen is, I do find myself happier in New York.

In a lot of ways I would love to be another student and love to be looked at as a Duke student and a senior and psych major and someone on the basketball team instead of Duke's polarizing, lightning rod, Grayson Allen villain, all those types of things.