"I love Bringing Up Baby. Anything that Katharine Hepburn’s in. I’m committed to the Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn era of filmmaking. The African Queen is influencing me on Chaos Walking, which I’m shooting right now."

"I really liked Drive because of the cinematography, and Ryan Gosling’s performance. He was very quiet, and yet you kind of had an idea of what was going on through his head. That was all really great."

"The beautiful and concentrated final masterpiece of an utterly original writer, set in early 19th-century Germany. Fitzgerald pays us the compliment of trusting our intelligence and counting on our close attention, which will be overwhelmingly rewarded."

"I’ve been enjoying Charlie Munger’s speeches online for years, and this is the ultimate collection of the best of them. Watching “Becoming Warren Buffett’ on a recent flight reminded me how much of a legend Charlie is."

"I grew up watching Newsies with my mom – and luckily, so did a few of my friends. Well, they never watched it with my mom but…you get it. We always blast this one on road trips!"

"I’m a big Shazam person. I think it’s the coolest shit when you hear a song and you don’t know what it is. There’s also a setting on it that immediately downloads the song onto your phone"

"If anyone knows what it’s like to be alone on Christmas, I’m sure they will have wished they had this book. It’s a humor guide for what could seem lonely, and it sets you up for joy."