My father was the center of the family, and everyone tried to please him.

We need storytelling. Otherwise life just goes on and on, like the number Pi.

I see a movie as a way of learning about the world, about myself, and learning about my relationship with people and art.

I think the American West really attracts me because it's romantic. The desert, the empty space, the drama.

My hometown was one of the major U.S. Air Force bases.

I think people are universal.

Sometimes, you have to get angry to get things done.

Every movie I make. That’s my hideout, the place I don’t quite understand, but feel most at home.

When there is a strong woman character in a story - that always grabs me

I think great romance needs great obstacles and textures.

Making movies is a way of understanding myself and the world.

Your money myth affects your gain and luck.In economics, illusion of money affects wealth.

Three carefully stringed words are worth more than a book of gibberish. It's not the word count but the impact of those words that counts.

Holy God, Holy light.

it turns out we were some peoplewhich has been chosen by God to be happy in a different way# beggars

Actions always have consequences!

Our ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature.

Simply put, mindfulness is moment-to-moment non-judgmental awareness.

For one moment we are not failed tests and broken condoms and cheating on essays; we are crayons and lunch boxes and swinging so high our sneakers punch holes in the clouds.

I went to England when I was 13-years=old and then I went again when I was 14. When I went for the second time I felt like the first summer I was there it was a waste because I didn't exist yet.

Too many people think that economics is this subject that should wait until the university level. But it can't wait that long.