I chose Sony Classics, not just because of their practical experience, not just because of their wisdom in marketing, but mainly because of their integrity.

It has nothing to do with commercial success. You cannot calculate in your head how to put the mosaic together to make a commercial film: that's out of the question.

It is absolutely my conviction, that Walter Salles will figure among the great directors of our time.

To have a film in America means precisely nothing if you don't have a distributor who stands behind it.

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems -- not people

There are two kinds of persons which cannot be trusted in this world : the ones who do not greet you with a firm handshake and the ones who do not eat prawn heads.

Every new idea is just a mashup or a remix of one or more previous ideas.

I'm not sure that there's anybody else that's as psychologically complex and who's given us this window into his soul that Nixon gave us. That's what I find absolutely addictive and seductive.

A little child born yesterday A thing on mother's milk and kisses fed.

In short, liturgies make us certain kinds of people, and what defines us is what we love.

One of the great things about Ben & Jerry's for me is that not only is it delicious, but I get it for free.

My daughter, the one who lives nearby, is raising her children to be very much aware. We went on a nature walk on Monday; I'm learning so much from her.

I always do my rap from the outside looking in. Like I do my rap as if I'm looking at me rap.

I test my bath before I sit, And I'm always moved to wonderment That what chills the finger not a bit Is so frigid upon the fundament.