Television tells us only the things it wants to. It still feeds us heroes, it still offers villains. And even though we know better than to always trust it, we still watch.

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.

Just when you think you know.....you don't know.

But I'm really enjoying my retirement. I get to sleep in every day. I do crossword puzzles and eat cake.

Joy is a choice, not an outcome.

I don't go out to parties because I'd look terrible in pictures. My escape is television - it's like meditation to me.

Religions are conclusions for which the facts of nature supply no major premises.

The day that I die will be by far the most beautiful day I ever lived.

I also have a pair of ruby red slippers from the 'Wizard of Oz' and Dorothy's gingham dress...and on and on. I saved as much as I could and still do, because people are still interested in it.

Either a good or a bad reputation outruns and gets before people wherever they go.

Severe poverty is getting better by some measures, but it's also becoming ever more scandalous because it is now so easily avoidable.

The soul is made for action, and cannot rest till it be employed. Idleness is its rust. Unless it will up and think and taste and see, all is in vain.