Observation is like a muscle. It grows stronger with use and atrophies without use. Exercise your observation muscle and you will become a more powerful decoder of the world around you.

We are more powerful, more knowledgeable, better prepared than we think we ever are.

The problem is that most people spend their lives looking... but not truly seeing.

For instance, when people press their lips together in a manner that seems to make them disappear, it is a clear and common sign that they are troubled and something is wrong.

I think I might have secretly wished for you to exist all my life but never knew how to admit it.

I’m quite capable of taking responsibility for my own death.

Every April God rewrites the Book of Genesis.

I'm at the point where going forward is easier than going back.

I sort of plunged into filmmaking. I decided I'd jump off the deep end, so I started thinking about what kind of a movie I should try to make.

You're a wicked man." "Thank you. It's taken years of diligent practice.

I have tried my best to keep my country alive by writing about it.

My mother told me many stories about her childhood in Cuba. Living there had a profound impact on her and how she regards herself.

Every seed is awakened, and all animal life.

Charity is great, but the moment you say it is all, you run the risk of running into materialism.