Do I pray? Yes. Prayer is very important to me.

I have tender, romantic associations with upstate New York.

Music is what our feelings sound like.

There are women who make things better, there are women who change things, there are women who make things happen, who make a difference. I want to be one of those women.

In the quiet moments, the discoveries are made.

Your soul either feels lifted by something that you read, or it feels squashed by it.

No role is more challenging, rewarding and inspiring than my real-life role as a mom and a wife.

There's no wrong way to experience a film.

Am I ambitious? I used to be afraid of that word but now I think ambition is a good thing.

I think I always try to be accommodating and open and available and proving for my director. I love to give as many takes as they want. I love to give them as many choices as they want.

Doubt is the middle position between knowledge and ignorance. It encompasses cynicism but also genuine questioning.

Sofi could see the lights in the distance, like the stars hanging above and the planet perched in the sky. Waiting breathless by the moon for them to visit in their rocket ship.

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I tell them the truth and they never believe me.

Write the book you want to read, the one you cannot find.

If you're using a computer as an artist and expressing your personal vision, I think your personal vision comes through.

If the Czar will not accord our people these desired liberties, then a revolution will bring about a republic which will assure us our rights.

The standards you establish for others must reflect the standards you set for yourself. No one will follow a hypocrite.

I simply couldn't walk away from [ The Nightingale].

[...]women much like this prostitute fled toward Jesus, not away from him. The worse a person felt about herself, the more likely she saw Jesus as a refuge. Has the church lost that gift?

Je serais reconnaissant a toute personne ayant compris cette demonstration de me l'expliquer.

Live the wonderful life that is in you.