I like Harvey Keitel. I liked him in Mean Streets. Im a fan.

With respect to the FBI, they had problems communicating in a vertical way, within the FBI itself, so that information of importance could get pushed up to those who were decision-makers.

Well, changes have been made. The question is whether we've done enough by way of change.

No connection between Iraq and the 9/11 catastrophe.

Healing doesn't just take a little time, it also takes commitment to get started and to complete the process.

I foresee no possibility of venturing into themes showing a closer view of reality for a long time to come. The public itself will not have it. What it wants is a gun and a girl.

Can a mother commit a greater sin than ignoring her intuitions?

It's easy to forget people are blood and bone. They're not indestructible.

There's a law in life: whenever a door closes, a new one will open.

If you don't make mistakes, you're not working on hard enough problems. And that's a big mistake.

I start early in the morning. I'm usually out in the woods with the dog as soon as it gets light; then I drink a whole lot of tea and start as early as I can, and I go as long as I can.

The amazing heroic women in labor, they are the truest inspiration, and when they push their babies into the light... I am astonished every time.

My family is as far from a stage family as you could ever possibly find.

Everything is about your movements and precision and timing, which is what gymnastics is about.