And so the spirits just gazed at us with eyes milked dry of care.

I am starting to talk fast now, and I have to remember to slow down because when I get excited, I start to sound like myself and my American accent goes away.

Running and chanting, the word change in the air like it's something you can grab and put in your mouth and sink your teeth into.

Because we were not in our country, we could not use our own languages, and so when we spoke our voices came out bruised.

And they had nothing, except of course memories, their own, and those passed down by their mothers and mothers' mothers. A nation's memory.

this place doesn't look like my America

That's what you do in America: you smile at people you don't know and you smile at people you don't even like and you smile for no reason.

You want Change, today we'll show you Change!Here's your democracy, your human rights, eat it, eat eat eat!

[Jesus Christ] used to have blue eyes but I painted them brown like mine and everybody’s, to make him normal.

...and the women spread their ntsaroz and sit on one side, the men on the other, like they are two different rivers that are not supposed to meet.

I am careful not to look anyone in the face because I don't want them to see the shame in my eyes, and I also don't want to see the laughter in theirs.

The universe does not shed tears when a star falls from the sky

Never make enemies of anyone younger or healthier than you are. They write your history.

My parents got married late and they had kids late, so I never felt a social or cultural thing to be married or pregnant or a homeowner by a certain age.

I know that all over America there's probably politicians sending out pictures of themselves signing that mandatory helmet bill, but it's bullshit. I say that as a parent.

Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive.

In truth,there was only one christian and he died on the cross.

People are so busy chasing happiness- if they would slow down and turn around, they would give it a chance to catch up with them.

The character and history of each child may be a new and poetic experience to the parent, if he will let it.

I'm hoping there's an afterlife. As you get older, you hope even more fervently.

I love IMAX when it works right.