A person without self-expression is a person without personal freedom.

We need to sharpen our focus & live to the point just like a pencil.

Are we running away from home?” I asked, giving voice to the question that had been on my mind for two days, ever since the lady at the Wok On restaurant asked where we were from and my mother

Find the good, and praise it.

Without work, all life goes rotten. But when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.

You Do Not Know Is in You— an Inexhaustible Fountain of Ideas. Another reason for writing a diary is to discover that the ideas in you are an inexhaustible fountain.

I used to spend hours at night, downstairs, in front of the only full-length mirror in the house, standing on the table working out what I would wear to school the next day.

[American tax laws] are constantly changing as our elected representatives seek new ways to ensure that whatever tax advice we receive is incorrect.

There are so many to pick from that any list that I give you will be inadequate.

Sorrow is brief but joy is endless

The day I acquired the habit of consciously pronouncing the words "thank you", I felt I had gained possession of a magic wand capable of transforming everything.

The thing is, I'm a very practical filmmaker.