I view my wife as my lover, and we have a bond that goes beyond words like wife or girlfriend or mother.

We are still in the position of waking up and having a choice. Do I make the world better today somehow, or do I not bother?

And I'm not apolitical - I'm very specific in my politics. But a lot of the time it's nobody's business unless you're over at my house having dinner.

Movie-making is telling a story with the best technology at your disposal.

Never give up because you never know what the tide will bring in the next day.

If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. It's the hard that makes it great.

It was a million tiny little things that, when you added them all up, they meant we were supposed to be together ... and I knew it.

The only way you can truly control how you are seen is by being honest all the time.

I think it's better to feel good than to look good.

A hero is somebody who voluntarily walks into the unknown.

If things were easy to find, they wouldn’t be worth finding.

Like all dreamers I confuse disenchantment with truth.

I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't.

He covered my hand with his. "No matter what happens, we're friends first. I hope you know how much having you in my life means to me.

So, ” said Zia, “you’re gonna eat your way through the whole universe, top to bottom. And then what?

There was always a way, when one knew what one wanted.

If one is working from the point of view of getting beauty into one's equation, ... one is on a sure line of progress.

True violence, not the kind you usually see in television or movies, touches something very deep and primal in people.

I'm a working mom, not a professional athlete, but I am a runner and that's a special club.

A dream is a vision, a goal is a promise. You can keep your promises to yourself by remaining flexible, focused, and committed.

No people can be truly happy... if abridged of the freedom of their consciences