Sundance was started as a mechanism for the discovery of new voices and new talent.

Health food may be good for the conscience but Oreos taste a hell of a lot better.

I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?

The measure of our success will be the condition on which we leave the world for the next generation.

God, I just love baseball.

Problems can become opportunities when the right people come together.

Storytellers broaden our minds: engage, provoke, inspire, and ultimately, connect us.

Never revisit the past, that's dangerous. You know, move on.

I am a cynical optimist. Big opening weekends are like cotton candy. The films you will remember over time are the films that stick in the consciousness of the audience in a good way.

The technology available for film-making now is incredible, but I am a big believer that it's all in the story.

Not taking a risk is a risk. That's how I see it.

A sense of the divine presence and indwelling bears the soul towards heaven as upon the wings of eagles.

...the most important thing you must remember when dealing with a politically biased professor is to be friendly.

By using your intelligence, you can sometimes make your problems twice as complicated.

There is no more terrible fate for a comedian than to be taken seriously.

Whenever there was a choice between music and anything else, music won hands down every time.

When we feed our faith, we starve our doubts.

Don't eat the yellow snow.

Once you have looked at the land from atop the Kahlenberg, you will understand what I write and who I am.

The real solution to the problem of poverty consists in finding how to increase the employment and earning power of the poor.

If you want your life to get better, sometimes the best thing you can do is to help improve somebody else's life.