I wanted to show how lightness was possible in the 1960s, but how life is more difficult in the 2000s.

The actors have confidence in me to let me lead them to unexpected things.

Even if I sometimes have some somewhat negative thoughts, for instance, if I see them in somebody else's movie, I feel jealous and possessive.

There is hope for you.

We are victims of our history and our present. They place too many obstacles in the way of love. And we cannot enjoy even our differences in peace.

If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.

As soon as my lips touched hers, something happened... My chest tightened so much that it hurt, and I almost couldn’t breathe. - Mako Delmar

There were certainly some people who wanted me to do a feel-good story that affirmed a lot of very commonly held beliefs.

I think technology really increased human ability, but technology cannot produce compassion.

When girls are asking themselves 'Who am I?' for the first time and they hear all this bad PR about math, they think, 'Well, whoever I am, I'm not somebody who likes math.'

One of the greatest hinderances of abiding in God is the lack of ability to say NO to people and opportunities

One of the principles of journalism is you don't lie. You never lie.