Once you learn how to say no, that's about the only place that you'll have control of your work and what you do.

The rule is you have to dance a little bit in the morning before you leave the house because it changes the way you walk out in the world.

There's no race, no religion, no class system, no color - nothing - no sexual orientation, that makes us better than anyone else. We're all deserving of love.

We all grow into the beautiful person that we’re supposed to be, some earlier, some later.

I love raw cookie dough, right out of the tube. The other thing I eat is marshmallow fluff.

Chocolate is the greatest gift to women ever created, next to the likes of Paul Newman and Gene Kelly. It's something that should be had on a daily basis.

Your imperfections are what make you beautiful.

Stop being scared of the unknown, because anything I worried about didn't happen. Other stuff happened. The unknown, we can't do anything about.

I'm a true believer in karma. You get what you give, whether it's bad or good.

I've been trying to find the word that says what I need to be in life. 'Brave' is the only word. It's the only thing that I ask myself to be.

The most beautiful woman in the world is the one who protects and supports other women

I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.

There are those who would advocate that the voice of religion be silenced, or at least relegated to the purely private sphere.

The story and the poem are obviously changed by being placed in the novel, so in a sense they're no longer the works that preceded the novel.

It didn't even really matter how good the band was - if someone could keep a beat, then you were prepared to jump up and down and smash around.

When I do encounter young women or aspiring filmmakers who tell me that I've inspired them or that my work means something to them, that's amazing. That's really exciting!

You have North Korea, you have nuclear weapons, and China could solve that problem. And they're not helping us at all.

The Time It Never Rained was inspired by actual events, when the longest and most severe drought in living memory pressed ranchers and farmers to the outer limits of courage and endurance.

If you don't feel apologetic for slavery, if you don't feel apologetic for colonialism, if you feel proud of it then say that.

The failed stimulus, along with Obamacare's long list of failures, show what happens when Congress passes laws in a rush.

I see love in black and white. Passion in shades of “gris”. But when it comes to you and I, color is all I see.