If I stopped having passion, I'd be done.

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.

...But all that power has culminated in gentleness. It is as if that is the point of power: to allow one to access the higher registers of gentleness.

My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.

Cursed is our love, as we long for each other like wounded doves with these feelings we suffocate ...

I hope I didn't bore you too much with my life story.

I had a birthday party with my family and friends at a house, and Chipotle catered. It was beautiful.

When people ask me what I do for a living, I always say, "I get rejected for a living." And that's true.

The choiceless truth of who you are is revealed to be permanently here permeating everything. Not a thing and not separate from anything.

Remember that almost everything looks better after a good night's sleep.

If I bare my soul in bits and make it personal, I think people can sense that when they hear it.

We survive on novelty, so much less demanding than commitment.