I have the best husband a wife could possibly have. He's the best father my children could have.

I have tender, romantic associations with upstate New York.

Music is what our feelings sound like.

There are women who make things better, there are women who change things, there are women who make things happen, who make a difference. I want to be one of those women.

In the quiet moments, the discoveries are made.

Your soul either feels lifted by something that you read, or it feels squashed by it.

No role is more challenging, rewarding and inspiring than my real-life role as a mom and a wife.

There's no wrong way to experience a film.

Am I ambitious? I used to be afraid of that word but now I think ambition is a good thing.

I think I always try to be accommodating and open and available and proving for my director. I love to give as many takes as they want. I love to give them as many choices as they want.

Doubt is the middle position between knowledge and ignorance. It encompasses cynicism but also genuine questioning.

Thinking? You're not thinking. You're reasoning without reasons, and that's just another word for prejudice.

We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations

When we work with love we renew the spirit; that renewal is an act of self-love, it nurtures our growth.

Given how few young people actually read the newspaper, it's a good thing they'll be reading a newspaper on a screen.

Marry somebody you love. That's the whole thing. And continue to love them.

In a distant age and climate, the tragic scene of the death of Hosein will awaken the sympathy of the coldest reader.

Bach is really the ultimate in bass players you know

Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.

I have tried to preserve in my relationship to the film the same closeness and intimacy that exists between a painter and his canvas.

When I'm not near the girl I love, I love the girl I'm near.