Religion makes them crazy. Not a woman I ever met wasn't crazy with religion.

Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken.

In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him.

I've lived too long with pain. I won't know who I am without it

Ender Wiggin must believe that no matter what happens, no adult will ever, ever step in to help him in any way.

I need you to be clever, Bean. I need you to think of solutions to problems we haven't seen yet. I want you to try things that no one has ever tried because they're absolutely stupid.

Unemployment is capitalism's way of getting you to plant a garden.

We're like the wicked witch. We promise gingerbread, then eat the little brats alive.

Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space.

There's only one thing that will make them stop hating you. And that's being so good at what you do that they can't ignore you

There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane.

I write songs for people who drive in cars. I really do.

No substantial famine has ever occurred in a democratic country - no matter how poor.

Normally, I try not to pay attention to my haters, but this time I'd like to talk about it, because my haters are my motivators.

To be in love is not the same as loving. You can be in love with a woman and still hate her.

And this is the beginning of the end.

I'll do a cappella stuff, rock 'n' roll and swing stuff.

Not valuing wealth prevents theft.

When you're young, you're stupid. You do silly things.

He was the only man I ever knew who could get money from the rich and votes from the poor with the promise to protect them from each other.

Give me an 18-hour day on set or in the theater, and I will be the happiest person alive.