Do our natures dictate the choices we make, I wonder, or do we choose to live a certain way because of circumstances beyond our control?

People have to snatch at happiness when they can, in this world. It is always easier to lose than to find...

Something inexorable seeds itself in the place of your origin. You can never escape the bonds of family history, no matter how far you travel.

It's painful to hold out hope for the things that once brought you joy. You have to find ways to make yourself forget.

My heart is shattered, an all that's left are jagged shards.

I remember her words to me when I left school: Your mind will be your comfort. It is, sometimes. And sometimes it isn't.

I couldn't have imagined how much more there was to lose.

I ... am left with the lingering feeling that the places we go in our minds to find comfort have little to do with where our bodies go.

The older I get, the more I believe that the greatest kindness is acceptance.

To get it all done I have to dim my brain, turn it down by notches like the flat-turn knob on a gas lantern, leaving only a nub of flame.

This life of ours can feel an awful lot like waiting.

It isn't important how much you are giving but it is very important that you are giving.

He who puts out his hand to stop the wheel of history will have his fingers crushed.

'The Best Man' was my first feature film, and I didn't want to be known as a director who only does romantic comedies.

I would love to be a superhero.

Indian summer is like a woman.

The time to read is any time: no apparatus, no appointment of time and place, is necessary.

I probably hold more town halls than any member of Congress.

I think that we vote, not to get the best party in, but to keep the worst party out.

I think it's extremely important to challenge white brothers and sisters and think more systematically and strategically about the whiteness that they possess.

If you want to enjoy the movie, you should know that it is the combination of film and light and white screen, and that the most important thing is to have a plain, white screen.