My grandfather was a Holocaust survivor and his life and history were very formative to myself and my family. The almost unimaginable dichotomy between the different eras of his life always crushed my brain on some level. That this guy… — Jonathan Raymond Copy Share Image
I grew up with very little religious training. Actually, like, none. I think what Jewishness I felt as a kid stemmed almost entirely from this atrocity in our family tree. — Jonathan Raymond Copy Share Image
I'm the type of spiritual person that doesn't speak openly about their spirituality. Irony is probably my religion. — Jonathan Raymond Copy Share Image
Yo can’t reason someone out of something he didn’t reason himself into. — Jonathan Raymond Copy Share Image
I found once you start writing about God it's really fun. It's like a rock singer saying "baby." "Baby, baby, baaayy-by." You start saying… — Jonathan Raymond Copy Share Image
I have a feeling the writers who find screenwriting difficult are usually just not lazy enough for the job. They don't know how to… — Jonathan Raymond Copy Share Image
Banks will fee you to death. If you bounce a check, the bank has a policy to re-post the check three more times to… — Jonathan Raymond Copy Share Image
I've often said, not totally jokingly, that screenwriting doesn't really qualify as real writing at all. You don't string sentences into paragraphs. You don't… — Jonathan Raymond Copy Share Image
Writing fiction is the 'job' I try to keep at the center of things. The movie stuff has been a wonderful accident, though not… — Jonathan Raymond Copy Share Image
I think Trump has made it really hard for people to read, period. He's made it hard for me anyway. Part of his evil… — Jonathan Raymond Copy Share Image
Technology requires knowledge and expertise more than it requires money. — Jonathan Raymond Copy Share Image
Can't make your payments? No problem. The interest charges keep on coming. In fact, banks prefer it that way. More money for them. The… — Jonathan Raymond Copy Share Image
As a book person and a movie person, I feel Jewish. My Dad was more Buddhist than anything, and on the West Coast I've… — Jonathan Raymond Copy Share Image
“To reset the accountability dynamic internally, Friends should have a level-setting conversation with each member of their team, to clarify goals, roles, and responsibilities.… — Jonathan Raymond Copy Share Image
