God is busy and has no time for you.

Teaching others, he corrected himself.

They blossomed, they did not talk about blossoming.

Whatever others may say, they say it to deceive and comfort themselves, not help you.

It is easy to see the glow but hard to recognize the awakening of silence.

If you are good, they say you are weak.

We hear only our own voices, still echoes returning to our emptiness.

We built tall buildings, but we have not become any taller.

You not only are hunted by others, you unknowingly hunt yourself.

The same word we love and hate, leaves in different directions, taking different paths.

A breeze, a forgotten summer, a smile, all can fit into a storefront window.

Are you going to kiss me?" I blabbered stupidly."I'm working up the nerve, " he said softly.

To forgive, you must love the world and everything in it. Anything less is hypocrisy.

Nothing in or of this world measures up to the simple pleasure of experiencing the presence of God.

Gun-control has always been an elitist method of controlling the common.

Let's start to have a grown up debate in this country about who we are and where we want to go and what kind of country we want to leave for our kids.

I've seen time and time again the way that the process of trying to say something dignifies and improves a person.

It's funny shooting movies because you get to see clubs during daylight hours, which no one should ever see - it's not pretty; there's a reason the lighting is dim in there.

The great thing about movies is that they're collaborative. And the worst thing is that they're collaborative.

Things seem to fall apart inevitably.

I'm pleased it turned out the way that it did, because I know lots of other people who did fantastic work and did not see this particular kind of recognition [like Emmy].