Talk about what you love and keep quiet about what you don't.

I like movies that are about real people in real time with real problems.

It really shocks me when I encounter people who think kindness doesn't matter. Because I think it's pretty much the only thing that matters.

In college, you're kind of designing who you want to be. And I wanted to be a big reader.

I kicked college nostalgia in my late 20s. As much as I loved college and treasure the memories, I no longer want to go back.

I care about reading, a lot. It's a big part of my life.

Even though I occasionally appear on it, I don't watch television.

Kindness is not about instant gratification. More often, it's akin to a low-risk investment that appreciates steadily over time.

Film allows me to ask some really big questions with the time to explore them deeply. I love the form.

I actually have a thing about proper nouns. They clang on my ear in a weird way when I hear them dropped into movies.

All of the things I used to obsess over, I'm no longer as obsessed with. I have new concerns but they're a little more existential or cosmic.

Laziness - The laziness of adolescence is a rehearsal for the incapacity of old age.

Like the zodiac sign?' Percy asked. 'I'm a Leo.''No, stupid, ' Leo said, 'I'm a Leo. You're a Percy.

One may as well be asleep as to read for anything but to improve his mind and morals, and regulate his conduct.

The strength of collective decision making and political responsibility is not only a question of recognizing other people's ability. It is also recognizing one's own limitations.

The human heart is not unchanging (nay, changes almost out of recognition in the twinkling of an eye).

A philosophical thought has probably not attained all its sharpness and all its illumination until it is expressed in French.

And when you pray to God regularly, irregular things happen on a regular basis.

It's a really special night for our fans. It's vindication.

I was very keen on people like Elvis, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Gene Vincent.

Grief rolled across the space between us like a wash of salt water.