It's nice to be able to challenge myself by playing real people. But at the same time it utilizes a different part of the brain to just invent new things.

The bitterest truth is better than the sweetest lie.

A miracle is something that seems impossible but happens anyway.

My mom and my dad are ebullient people, and I think I carry that with me.

I love a sense of humor, I love intelligence, I love specificity, I love surprises. I'm inspired to get out of bed in the morning and fill my day with good things.

I've found in my own life, if you try to struggle against what the universe is telling you, you set yourself up for more of a battle.

To see those two characters [Steve Jobs and Andy Hertzfeld ] juxtaposed against each other shows an interesting dynamic of how gifted people might function differently in the world.

I love Seth Rogen's line in which he talks about how you can be both a genius and decent at the same time.

I'm always trying to remember that kindness goes a long, long way. I think that's something that people will definitely take out of this film as well.

Film, for me, has been a process of learning on the job.

Most of the people in New York are very often from somewhere else.

the knowledge that change can be frightening, that responsibility can, but that the answer to that is not refusing to change or to accept responsibility.

Simply handing over your iPod to a friend, your blind date, or the total stranger sitting next to you on the plane opens you up like a book." (Steven Levy)

Your mother is risking a lot, because she believes in you.

It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity.

When women are in positions of power it's a hard place to be, especially when that position involves bossing men around.

One of the things I had a hard time getting used to when I came to California in '78 was Santa Claus in shorts.

I am also a drummer of sorts. I've got an electronic set sitting in my bedroom.

By its very looseness, by its way of evoking rather than defining, suggesting rather than saying, English is a magnificent vehicle for emotional poetry.

All this nothing has meant more to me than so many somethings

We reform others unconsciously when we walk uprightly.