I've always said that if anything - whether it was film or television - was something I responded to, then I was open to it.

Camo never goes out of style as far as I'm concerned.

I think when you're in love with someone, it reveals a lot about yourself. You either rise to your highest highs or you stoop to your lowest lows.

I love flowy hippie dresses.

When you empower women and help them thrive, you help their communities thrive. Women shoulder the burden disproportionately.

Women are the harshest critics of other women.

Following your own vision is one of the only things that will sustain you.

It feels good to know you contributed positively to another's life, to their happiness, to their survival. It gives us a sense of purpose.

Donate time, food, or money to organizations that fight the good fight. We can act individually for the collective good. We can all do something.

Acknowledgement: Understanding and compassion for others and their suffering is the next step. Put yourself in the shoes of people who don't have the luxury of being wasteful.

I hate Christmas, really. I don't really give presents away or expect any.

I was in love once and I am in love now… but luckily with the same person

Everyone that I meet always wants me to direct, but whenever I think of directing, I think of aligning shots. I'd definitely have to write and direct something. But I don't know if I could.

The better we get at getting better, the faster we will get better.

Alas, why will a man spend months trying to hand over his liberty to a woman--and the rest of his life trying to get it back again?

It is not differences of opinion; it is geographical lines, rivers, and mountains which divide State from State, and make different nations of mankind.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. Music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks and invents.

Even in a less exaggerated description, any verbal account of a person is bound to find itself employing an assortment of waterfalls, lightning rods, landscapes, birds, etc.

We’ve been filled with great treasure for one purpose: to be spilled.