It's absurd that we're so quick to criticize Muslims for being fundamentalist when Christians can be just as extreme and fanatical and frightening.

The closer you stay to emotional authenticity and people, character authenticity, the less you can go wrong. That's how I feel now, no matter what you're doing.

Anything you could ever want or be you already have and are.

The holy trifecta of directing and filmmaking is character emotion, camera movement and music. When you hit those three, that's magical. That's what I'm trying to do.

I got put on jury duty, which is where I learned how to write.

There's nothing better than an actor who is really, really hungry to show everything they've got.

You know, veterans come home and they may not be bipolar, but after they've been through a war with PTSD or a head injury, their families have a handful when they come home.

That's just how I see things. I think things that are the most dramatic or tragic can also look the most ridiculous and funny. That's part of being human.

The idea that anyone would think their religious ideas make them morally superior is just preposterous.

The gift of life is the gift to suffer sometimes and to embrace it, heartbreak and all.

What do we have in life, really? If we're lucky we get to a certain age, and we have each other. We have the food we like. We have our crazy little rituals. And we have each other.

I have met the devil - he is not!

In order to get where you want to go in life, you have to Geeet!

Sometimes, when something hurts us, our hearts break a little-in a slightly ... more literal way than for humans. Our pain sort of spills out and onto anyone around us. We call it a cracked heart.

All appreciations and praises are worthless unless the one you love appreciates

My moral compass is so broken I can barely find the parking lot.

Citizens of liberal welfare states become increasingly narcissistic

It's one of nature's way that we often feel closer to distant generations than to the generation immediately preceding us.

The older one gets, the more one feels that the present must be enjoyed; it is a precious gift, comparable to a state of grace

There are two times of the year that stir the blood. In the fall, for the hunt, and now for lacrosse.

In fact, in my adult lifetime, I don't think I've ever seen people as fearful economically as they are right now.