“Summer is meant to be for travel, for exploration, for leisure, but so...” — Rumaan Alam Quote

“Summer is meant to be for travel, for exploration, for leisure, but sometimes budgets and schedules dictate otherwise.”

“I think it's a not-uncommon experience for gay boys, young men, and even older men to spend a lot of time in the company of women.”

“Obama-as-dad is my favorite Obama. Obama-as-executive, with his stubborn faith in reasonableness in times absent of reason, presided over the country during its descent into madness. I find it a comfort that Obama-as-dad presided over a family that leaves the White House healthy and happy.”

“Possibly the only genre that efficiently converted from TV to YouTube / Vine is sketch comedy, which has always had more to do with the skills of its creators than its budgets.”

“No matter how you look at it, one person cannot be evaluated and paid in isolation of budgets.”

“Obviously, when you get into larger budgets, you have less of that freedom, and I just - I'm not a person that tends to make stories for those larger budgets. To me, it's not much fun to have that kind of pressure.”