Every day is a new day with me. All holds are off. All contracts are forgotten.

She is pure Alice in Wonderland, and her appearance and demeanor are a nicely judged mix of the Red Queen and a Flamingo.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.

I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.

The wind is us-- it gathers and remembers all our voices, then sends them talking and telling through the leaves and the fields.

Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.

I love New York, even though it isn't mine, the way something has to be, a tree or a street or a house, something, anyway, that belongs to me because I belong to it.

When you've got nowhere to turn, turn on the gas.

Well, I'm about as tall as a shotgun, and just as noisy.

A man who doesn't dream is like a man who doesn't sweat. He stores up a lot of poison.

You can’t live an unhealthy lifestyle and expect a healthy outcome.

Never be afraid to your share your story.

A balloon seller sells his breath till death to spread happiness, while he can't taste any of it.

I'm just very amused by five-year-old humor.

A lot of parents never speak to their transgender kids again that's not the case in my family.

I don't really consider myself a female director, and I don't want to do so for other women. Female directors are just directors.

If you don't have a way to speak to ordinary Americans, you're not in the game.

We are on the precipice of climate system tipping points beyond which there is no redemption.

The voice of reason is more to be regarded than the bent of any present inclination; since inclination will at length come over to reason, though we can never force reason to comply with inclination.

We wouldn't be successful if we didn't have independent thinkers who can argue and then resolve their arguments.