I have always regarded myself as the pillar of my life.

The formula of happiness and success is just, being actually yourself, in the most vivid possible way you can.

The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy.

What makes you different or weird, that's your strength.

The minute you start caring about what other people think, is the minute you stop being yourself.

It's bizarre that the produce manager is more important to my children's health than the pediatrician.

It's amazing what you can get if you quietly, clearly and authoritatively demand it.

I think the best role models for women are people who are fruitfully and confidently themselves, who bring light into the world.

You have to embrace getting older. Life is precious, and when you've lost a lot of people, you realize each day is a gift.

Everything we say signifies; everything counts, that we put out into the world. It impacts on kids, it impacts on the zeitgeist of the time.

That is the simple secret. Always take your heart to work.

Your passions don’t have to connect to one another and no one needs to sign off on them. Passion isn’t logical… it’s only the fuel which keeps our souls alive. Let it be that simple.

In God's eyes all children are beautiful but here on earth we have higher standards.

We forfeit three-quarters of ourselves in order to be like other people.

If studies on lab rats are any indication, human beings have a deep-seated fear of a big, scary cat being let into their cage.

I grew up playing sports, but now I feel like I can't, because if I get injured, I'll impair whatever film I'm working on.

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil. Rohypnol

Persons of genius, it is true, are, and are always likely to be, a small minority; but in order to have them, it is necessary to preserve the soil in which they grow.

I ain't crazy, I'm just not satisfied.

Invention is almost the only literary labour which blindness cannot obstruct.

The Planet drifts to random insect doom.