So much urgent and lifelike love went rumbling around underground and died there, never got expressed at all, so let some errant inconvenient attraction have its way. There was so little time

Surely that was why faith had been invented: to raise teenagers without dying. Although of course it was also why death was invented: to escape teenagers altogether.

Living did not mean one joy piled upon another. It was merely the hope for less pain...

She hated money! though she knew it was like blood and you needed it. Still, it was also like blood in that she often couldn't stand the sight of it.

Every family is a family of alligators.

Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.

Historic changes and challenges. Breakthroughs in human knowledge and opportunity. And yet, for vast numbers across the globe, the daily realities have not altered.

the mother's first job is to raise a daughter strong enough to outlast her.

Sustained motivation is essential to achieving your potential.

A body of clay, a mind full of play, a moment's life - that's me.

It's a book that makes me laugh and think - it would be very hard to like someone who didn't enjoy Candide!

When you make successful movies, everyone on set takes care of you, everybody is so nice and you disconnect from reality.

Read. Forget everything you've been told about books and read.

Something impacts me emotionally, art is a kind of outlet, and I figure it's the same for a lot of artists. The way my mind deals with things is cinematic.

I wouldn't know a good script if it bit me in the face.