Great leaders are pragmatists who can deal with difficult realities but still have the optimism and courage to act.

Communication is the real work of leadership.

Enduring setbacks while maintaining the ability to show others the way to go forward is a true test of leadership.

Education can change the scope of an entire family

I learn to trust someone I love..I learn to deal with heartbreak..I learn to forgive him who hurts.I never stop learning in this life.

Who's crazy: people who trust other people, or people who don't?

I just became a vegetable for three months. I couldn't talk to people. I was very ill and that was part of the reason I left college.

My entire film career's been dependent on my ability to look unattractive.

I don't need drugs to make my life tragic.

I respect the rules of TV, the rules of keeping things commercial and interesting and pop-y and fun.

The oldest sibling always knows things that the younger ones don't.

I am an environmentalist. ... I am for clean air.

‎Faith, if it is ever right about anything, is right by accident

You smile with pomp and rigor, you talk of benevolence and virtue; I act with benevolence and virtue and get murdered time after time.