“I grew up in Oakland and for a long time I was the only white kid in s...” — Ryan Fleck Quote

“I grew up in Oakland and for a long time I was the only white kid in school. Then I moved to the suburbs when I was in junior high and it was mostly white.”

“Through the mid-80s I watched my team struggle, but in 1988 the A's made it to the Series. I was at Game 5 that year and was forced to watch the Dodgers celebrate a World Series Championship on our home turf.”

“We wanted to capture Danvers' humor and flaws. For us as storytellers, those are all aspects that we really appreciate in characters.”

“The whole reason I like these virus movies is because I read 'The Stand' when I was in junior high and thought it was the greatest book I'd ever read.”

“At the age of 10, I had my first piece published in what was known as the 'Junior Post,' which was part of the 'Yorkshire Post,' and it was just for kids. I read it every week. And I got paid for it. So I thought... 'I can actually do this. I can get paid to write, and this is going to be fine.' I wrote several pieces for them.”

“Since I was a kid I was travelling a lot to junior tournaments and seeing the world and how different kids are living. So many of them didn't have the things that I had. It made me think: why are some kids less lucky? It became important to me because kids are super-pure and honest in their energy and attitude.”