Sometimes the story we're telling the world isn't half as endearing as the one that lives inside us.

When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.

I have sometimes wondered if the greatest desire of man is to be known and loved anyway.

And so I have come to understand that strength, inner strength, comes from receiving love as much as it comes from giving it.

What I believe is not what I say I believe; what I believe is what I do.

You can't tell a good story without conflict - the story can't be beautiful or meaningful. We're taught to run from conflict, and it's robbing us of some really good stories.

If we knew how much God loved us and was for us, we’d talk to Him all day long.

How disappointing would it be get to heaven and find out God created life to be enjoyed while all we did was worry?

There is something beautiful about a billion stars held steady by a God who knows what He is doing.

I can no more understand the totality of God than the pancake I made for breakfast understands the complexity of me

People love to have lived a great story, but few people like the work it takes to make it happen.

I am deeply in love with the world and its contents. My heartaches when I see any suffering so kindness and altruism is my ultimate way of life.

I don't even call it violence when it's in self defense I call it intelligence.

In a Balenciaga you were the only woman in the room - no other woman existed.

Every night she had fallen asleep dreaming about that kiss, and each kiss after.

Our duty as storytellers is to bring people to the station. There each person will choose his or her own train...But we must at least take them to the station...to a point of departure.

I personally, only work with people in my business who show excellence. I have a business, the business of enlightenment.

Youth is the time to go flashing from one end of the world to the other, both in mind and body.

There are tons of stories out there. I read a lot of scripts on a weekly basis. I'm looking for stories to tell and stories that I hope will be interesting to an audience.

When it comes to culture, religion and mentality, most Russians identify with Europe.

Beautiful things happen in your life when you distance yourself from the negative things.