I'm gonna die but I haven't thought about retiring.

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.

I wish you a joyful Christmas and a miraculous New Year.

I like not only to be loved, but also to be told I am loved.

I'm so happy and thankful I made it a point be a stay-at-home mom.

Do the truth quietly without display.

I'd been very partial to Malcolm X, particularly his self-help teachings.

In the real world there's an after-effect of disappointment if you lose an argument. But if, to begin with, you're set up not to have this particular autonomy, then you're not disappointed.

Many people associate stage fright with a fear of looking ridiculous, making a bad impression. For me, it's like a kind of fever.

If you had made the acquiring of ignorance the study of your life, you could not have graduated with higher honor than you could to-day.

Well, it was the beginning of my film career. It was amazing to me that I got nominated for an Academy Award.

Some things are fairly obvious when it's a seven-foot skeleton with a scythe telling you them.