I wish we didn't have to tell this story.

If you want to experiment, do something temporary.

You have to love the guy that you play, even if you play the villain, you've got to love him.

It's important, when going after a goal, to never lose sight of the integrity of the journey.

She is Cuba. If you want to love her, you have to be with her, but you can't be with her in her current state. It's the point of view of all exiles - you have to leave the thing you cherish most.

I think good chemistry starts with mutual respect.

Children need parameters, know what's right or wrong.

A man should have a right to be religious if he wants to. The government should not be involved in those decisions.

Great writing attracts great actors. It attracts money. Without a great script, you have nothing.

I listen to and I play all kinds of music, and I'm interested in jazz and in bluegrass - I like it all - but Cuban music speaks to me in a certain way.

Becoming a producer enables you to empower yourself, to make the film that you want to make. I have desires to make movies - I have movies I'm developing, and things that I'm interested in.

distringit librorum multitudo (the abundance of books is distraction)

This was misery that could not yield, for he sorrowed for a time he could not return to, and a self he would never again be.

There are 31.536.000 seconds in a year. I am counting down every second.

A jump shot can get you a shoe deal, a big house, a supermodel, fancy cars, a bunch of yes men, a Swiss bank account. But none of these things can get you a jump shot

I'd rather have the whole world against me than my own soul.

I'm a firm believer in my higher power havin' a plan, and he's never wrong, and he's not open to suggestions.

Most Muslims don't want to live in some Taliban-style utopia, which is what bin Laden and allied groups are offering.

I enjoy many silent moments with my cat, a conversation always resumed exactly where left off.

You ever want to know what consensus and groupthink and conventional wisdom in Washington is, just find what David "Rodham" Gergen is saying and you'll find out what 99% of 'em are thinking.

I'm a complete coward in real life.