My greatest hope is that we transcend the most fearful thing, which is that we are rapidly degrading the ecological systems on this planet that support everything we are doing and all life on it.

When a butterfly flutters its wings in one part of the world, it can eventually cause a hurricane in another.

The more you do your homework, the more you're free to be intuitive. But you've got to put the work in.

The best films of any kind, narrative or documentary, provoke questions.

Life, like poker has an element of risk. It shouldn't be avoided. It should be faced.

Sometimes we don't see certain things until we're ready to see them in a certain way.

When people come together too young, they try to become one person. As you get older, you realize that you don't want to become one person because then you lose the person you are.

Instead of telling the world what you're eating for breakfast, you can use social networking to do something that's meaningful.

It's better for people to miss you than to have seen too much of you.

The more you can create that magic bubble, that suspension of disbelief, for a while, the better.

I like it when the deeper you go with the character, the more you see the layers start to peel away.

I beg your pardon I am drunk without a drink. English wine & words are vulnerable to every man.

Smart means having intellectual humility rather than high cognitive ability.

The greatest wealth a man can have is the richness of soul... Smile

Now to tell ya about our fellow inmates. Pay attention because there are a bunch of us an’ we each have a story.

When all is said, its atmosphere [England's] still contains fewer germs of aggression and brutality per cubic foot in a crowded bus, pub or queue than in any other country in which I have lived

Good anecdote--bad reality.

I don't listen to people who say my dreams are impossible; I just work to prove them wrong.

Just by being happier, everyone benefits because your happiness is contagious.

The purpose of prayer is not to influence God to grant you special favors, but rather to remind yourself that you are always connected to God.