Character is one of most precious parts of you. You can't get involved in things that will damage your character.

Education is the only business still debating the usefulness of technology.

There is no more powerful advocate than a parent armed with information and options.

Every child can learn, and we mean it... excuses are not good enough, we need results.

The NEA is a terrorist organization.

It is inappropriate (to allow parents) to design the curriculum and to run the school.

I've done everything but tap dance across the table.

As far as the grunge thing, there are three bands from Seattle that I would call true grunge.

It's difficult to see yourself up on screen without being a critic.

You can't just will your dreams to come true. You have to work hard. You have to give 'em wings, arms, legs...whatever it takes to make your dreams come true.

The way I go about making a movie... even the ones that are interview-driven, I go into them not knowing what's going to happen, and feeling my way through.

The truth was that for some months he had been going through that partitioning of the things of youth wherein it is decided whether or not to die for what one no longer believes.

We were married for better or worse. I couldn't have done better, and she couldn't have done worse.

But I am very grateful for my success, and with success, of course, comes a whole lot of celebrity.

Mindless habitual behavior is the enemy of innovation.

Business plans are the tool existing companies use for execution. They are the wrong tool to search for a business model.

Talking to God was damned good business.