I would not want to live in a country that would have me as a leader in any sort of political bent.

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.

Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both.

All that I can truly have: life, strength and time!

There's less of a connection for a lot of people between the technical decisions we make and the ethical ramifications we are responsible for.

Sloppy language leads to sloppy thought, and sloppy thought to sloppy legislation.

I've been many kinds of writers in my career: novelist; tele-playwright; short story writer. As a high-school student, I wrote amateur pieces for fanzines, and I've written for Hollywood.

I think that money spoils most things, once it becomes the primary motivating force.

In fact, lots of good poetry doesn't work , so I don't mind a bit of mystification or difficulty.

Language is the machine of the poet.

"More fun than a barrel of monkeys." Has anyone ever stopped to think how cranky, if not downright vicious, a barrelful of monkeys would be, especially once released from the barrel?

Don't think being 'religious' means becoming harsh or hard. When Allah enters a heart, He softens it--He doesn't harden it.