Children reinvent your world for you.

When you start to develop your powers of empathy and imagination, the whole world opens up to you.

I'm tired of being labelled anti-American because I ask questions.

I look forward to being older, when what you look like becomes less and less an issue and what you are is the point.

Happiness is the true beauty weapon.

I believe in using words, not fists.

It's important to just keep wanting whatever it is you want and fight for it, desperately.

We stand a chance of getting a president who has probably killed more people before he gets into office than any president in the history of the United States.

It will be great when it's not such a big deal when a woman gets a good job.

Making love is like hitting a baseball. You just gotta relax and concentrate.

If you walk down the street and see someone in a box, you have a choice. That person is either the other and you're fearful of them, or that person is an extension of your family.

Close your eyes. Meditate on your love. This is God.

Sometimes success is simply being willing to give it your all.

Great news is that time is constant and anyone can catch it anytime, but the worst news is that time is transient, and it will not be available to you the next time.

Creativity is the greatest expression of liberty.

Before, it was just about making the films - and now it's releasing them. Which is a steep learning curve.

I mean, every single time I was there with Mahesh, I just tried to learn something of his game, because he's, you know, one of the best doubles players that's been around ever.

Everyone can see that the people who hunt are the right people and the people who don't are the wrong ones.

Socialism in America will come through the ballot box.

Writing has made me a better actor. Acting has made me a better writer. So why wouldn't directing make me a better actor and writer?

Each one of us has to take responsibility for reality, and present it so that kids will grow up familiar with that and say, OK. I've seen that before. I'm not afraid of it.