Love leads us into mystery where no one can say what comes next, or how, or why.

I can't work in a sewer. I come from California.

I have encouraged my kids to eat well from day one. I add flavor - herbs and spices - to everything because I don't want them getting used to starchy, bland food.

Trans Am sales went up 70 percent after Smokey and the Bandit, and I was promised a free car every year for life by the Pontiac president.

Practice, work hard and give it everything you've got.

Messi is class. There is him, and then there is the rest. What he does is extraordinary.

Always keep a smile. I attribute my long life to that. I believe I will die laughing. That's part of my program.

The world is not a meritocracy, as much as we may like to pretend that it is. And we have a long way to go before we really reward people based on their own merit.

A perfectionist has to take his time.

[On the racial backlash about Hunger Games casting]: "People should have ignored the five racist idiots.

I'm pretty focused on what I do. I think directing is a very specific talent, and I'm not real big on putting puzzles together, which is basically what a film is.