Preparing for the worst is an activity I have taken up since I turned thirty-five and the worst actually began to happen.

I have one rule I live by: Only do what you can do. That neans you're never looking outside for what's popular; you're always looking inside for what's true.

In Los Angeles, by the time you're 35, you're older than most of the buildings.

New Yorkers are born all over the country, and then they come to New York City and it hits them: Oh, that’s who I am.

Someone will always tell you what you want to hear.

in the family I grew up in, being called boring was like being called an ax murderer.

There is something fantastic about getting divorced. Everyone should do it to experience the extraordinary sense of freedom after being in marriage jail.

Children are a house's enemy. They don't mean to be - they just can't help it. It's their enthusiasm, their energy, their naturally destructive tendencies.

writing is how I understand everything that happens. Writing is the only way I know to move on.

One cannot overstate the potential for hysteria on a movie set. Everyone always acts as if making the movie is as important as eradicating malaria.

As complicated as joint custody is, it allows the delicious contradiction of having children and maintaining the intimacy of life-before-kid s.

America is much less violent than it was 20, 30 years ago, and immigration is much less a problem than it was not just 20, 30 years ago, but when I came in as president.

Seriously, I have the best fans ever.

There's no such thing as a natural-born pilot.

I never stay anywhere — parties , museums, meetings — longer than 3 hours.

Niceness is a decision, a strategy of social interaction; it is not a character trait.

I think our biggest goal is to laugh.

Community is where humility and glory touch.

The disciplined are free.

Things don't change, people change.

Leaders who keep promises and followers who respond in kind create an opportunity generate enormous energy around their commitment to serve others.