I ain't interested in the truth. I'm interested in the way things should be.

Everybody likes to have a place to think, to meditate, to eat a burrito.

If you let people into your life a little bit, they can be pretty damn amazing.

He loved her, of course, but better than that, he chose her, day after day. Choice: that was the thing.

Life is a constant struggle between being an individual and being a member of the community.

If you teach kids how to tell stories, they have a better chance at everything.

What kind of life can you have in a house without books?

Don't live up to your stereotypes.

When you resort to violence to prove a point, you’ve just experienced a profound failure of imagination.

If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one's chances of survival increase with each book one reads.

Do you know why the Indian rain dances always worked? Because the Indians would keep dancing until it rained.

And let her think I don't care she's with you? No can do. She needs to know what I want

I, fortunately, have never worried about irritating people.

In thinking about His many blessings, you view God's work from a new perspective.

Man is at his greatest and highest when upon his knees he comes face to face with God.

It is a reality attested by all history that if a republic assumes imperial functions it will not remain a republic.

Disappointment always arrives before hope and the darkness of night comes before the dawn. Don't lose hope now because things will brighter with the new day.

I think I'm pretty laid back. I like cooking, being at home, and going to concerts. And I love to shop!

We have within us the power to uplift ourselves. This power is our own awareness.

I have to learn how to say no a lot. Life is too short for anything else.

Anytime I make a movie, I really have absolutely no idea how it's going to go over. I've had the whole range of different kinds of reactions.