I always like to play with my kids. I always have the time to do that. That's my priority, always has been, so just interacting with my kids, and being with them is great.

I never felt comfortable with myself, because I was never part of the majority. I always felt awkward and shy and on the outside of the momentum of my friends' lives.

All of us every single year, we're a different person. I don't think we're the same person all our lives.

I don't dream at night, I dream at day, I dream all day; I'm dreaming for living.

Failure is inevitable. Success is elusive.

Our one goal is to give the world a taste of peace, friendship and understanding. Through the visual arts, the art of celebration of life.

I'm always in favor of Israel responding strongly when it's threatened.

Before I go off and direct a movie, I always look at four films. They tend to be The Seven Samurai, Lawrence Of Arabia, It's A Wonderful Life and The Searchers.

The world would be a poorer place without Doctor Who.

Every time I go to a movie, it's magic, no matter what the movie's about.

I interviewed survivors, I went to Poland, saw the cities and spent time with the people and spoke to the Jews who had come back to Poland after the war and talked about why they had come back.

The political writer, then is the ultimate optimist, believing people are capable of change and using words as one way to try and penetrate the privatism of our lives.

God had mercy, he knew. The Mongols had none.

Making art in America is about saving one's soul.

I would say to the president: This is not about me. This is not about Republicans here in Congress. It's about fairness for the America people.

I think a lot of people take a scholarly approach where they feel like you're supposed to study things that depress you.

To show a well-founded fear of persecution, an alien need not prove that it is more likely than not that he or she will be persecuted in his or her home country.

[John] Hughes was open to that [rehearsal]. This can only happen if the director and/or the writer are open to that.

You will travel in a Land of Marvels

In placing civil disobedience before constructive work I was wrong and I did not profit by the Himalayan blunder that I had committed.

You should always change at least three times a day during Fashion Week.