I love making films more than anything, but it's tough.

Health food may be good for the conscience but Oreos taste a hell of a lot better.

I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?

The measure of our success will be the condition on which we leave the world for the next generation.

God, I just love baseball.

Problems can become opportunities when the right people come together.

Storytellers broaden our minds: engage, provoke, inspire, and ultimately, connect us.

Never revisit the past, that's dangerous. You know, move on.

I am a cynical optimist. Big opening weekends are like cotton candy. The films you will remember over time are the films that stick in the consciousness of the audience in a good way.

The technology available for film-making now is incredible, but I am a big believer that it's all in the story.

Not taking a risk is a risk. That's how I see it.

Emptiness is not a great loss. It creates a great opportunity to fill yourself again and again with great love.

Peace of mind arrives the moment you come to peace with the contents of your mind.

The termites of reduction have always gnawed away at life: even the greatest love ends up as a skeleton of feeble memories.

What is it: is man only a blunder of God or God only a blunder of man?

A hollow edifice erected for the habitation of man, rat, mouse, beetle, cockroach, fly, mosquito, flea, bacillus, and microbe.

Human nature is deeper and broader than the artificial contrivance of any existing culture.

The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception.

I appreciate all the people that can respect and appreciate my music.

Logic ridicules love, and love smiles knowingly at the whole foolishness of logic.

A good teacher explains, while a great teacher inspires