I feel comfortable with women. I have two sisters, so I grew up in a female-dominated environment.

I like movies that are about real people in real time with real problems.

It really shocks me when I encounter people who think kindness doesn't matter. Because I think it's pretty much the only thing that matters.

In college, you're kind of designing who you want to be. And I wanted to be a big reader.

I kicked college nostalgia in my late 20s. As much as I loved college and treasure the memories, I no longer want to go back.

I care about reading, a lot. It's a big part of my life.

Even though I occasionally appear on it, I don't watch television.

Kindness is not about instant gratification. More often, it's akin to a low-risk investment that appreciates steadily over time.

Film allows me to ask some really big questions with the time to explore them deeply. I love the form.

I actually have a thing about proper nouns. They clang on my ear in a weird way when I hear them dropped into movies.

All of the things I used to obsess over, I'm no longer as obsessed with. I have new concerns but they're a little more existential or cosmic.

Change makers don’t think change making is someone else’s job, but rather their calling to fulfill. They take responsibility and face challenges.

I don't complain about the horror of life

We are birthed into sangha, into sacred community. It is called the world.

Only a fool would try to compress a hundred centuries into a hundred pages of hazardous conclusions. We proceed.

It's always been my belief that the victory of Islam will never take place until a Muslim state is established.. in the heart of the Islamic world.

Dread remorse when you are tempted to err, Miss Eyre; remorse is the poison of life.

Ants have the most complicated social organization on earth next to humans.

No one is born with hate in their heart.

The solution to adult problems tomorrow depends on large measure upon how our children grow up today.

I hate 'The Professional.' It's one of the worst action/adventure movies ever made.