If I'm hesitant at all about an idea, then that's not the right idea.

Giving should be a part of your routine, just like working out, eating, and sleeping.

You don't get to celebrate yourself unless you risk being mocked or rejected. As an artist, you cannot play it safe. You just can't.

Movies will end up being this esoteric art form, where only singular people will put films out in a small group of theaters.

My biggest fear in life is to be average.

Is it possible that there are no coincidences?

When I was a kid, I had two great guilty pleasures. One was horror movies and the other was martial arts movies.

I find it very eerie when somebody is being really polite.

There are scenes that were right on the edge, but I always try to err on non-indulgence. It's something that I'm very careful about, that I'm just leaning too hard into something.

Sometimes we do not do things that we wish to do, so others will not know that we wish to do them.

When you find your voice, your life takes on grace.

All my problems bow before my stubbornness.

My goal in the classroom was always to make sure they were having so much fun that they didn't realize they were learning.

This season isn't going to be without several crises. There's no doubt about it. They're coming.

I've been a Democrat all my life.

If the Obama administration responds with an even harsher hand against me, they can be assured that they'll soon find themselves facing an equally harsh public response.

For the Mexican people, for the Mexican government, the very good relationship with the United States of America is, of course, essential.

Marriage is a dinner that begins with dessert.

The experience of all former ages had shown that of all human governments, democracy was the most unstable, fluctuating and short-lived.

I want the public as well as libraries and schools to enjoy unlimited access to public-domain books. This means no charges for these kind of texts themselves.

It is better not to become acquainted with men about whom you have formerly had doubts. No matter what you do, they will be people by whom you will be tripped up or taken in.