I've never made any effort to hide what happened. I served my time, I've tried to learn and move on.

I think that's still the most primal fear of all humans: to be eaten.

SPIRITUAL WARRIORS is a terrific voyage. A memorable journey through the light and dark of our lives and ultimately to hope. I loved it.

Sometimes I feel like I was born in the wrong year - I think it would have been cool to be alive in the '60s.

I believe my signal of maturity as a filmmaker iswhen I'll actually acknowledge the fact that the first take is usuallythe best.

I have way too much going on, as usual, but fortunately it's all good stuff. I'm not complaining.

The risk element only came from acknowledging other people's attitudes toward it, and realizing that they considered it to be a risk for me to do.

Self-control, openness, the ability to engage with others, to plan and to persist - these are the attributes that get people in the door and on the job, and lead to productive lives.

I'm Christian. Growing up in Ethiopia, it's half-Christian and half-Muslim. You grow up with Muslim kids. I'm very much aware of their religion.

Our country is wherever we are well off. [Lat., Patria est, ubicunque est bene.]

He leaned back a little, not taking his arm from around me, but looking into my eyes. “You’re changing, Zoey. And I’m not sure what you’re changing into.

You must remember the value that you add to others and not just what others have added to you. That's how we build self-worth, which, in my opinion, is just as important as net worth.

A faith is something you die for; a doctrine is something you kill for; there is all the difference in the world.