The family is the focal point of our existence. And up until Jane and Lucy's death, there were always 16 of us together for Christmas.

I think it is obscene that we should believe that we are entitled to end somebody's life, no matter what that person has supposedly done or not done.

I believe we need heroes...we need certain people who we can measure our own shortcomings by.

I passionately believe in heroes, but I think the world has changed its criteria in determining who it describes as a hero.

There's nothing more important in making movies than the screenplay.

I don't blame people for their mistakes, but I do ask that they pay for them.

I am passionately opposed to capital punishment, and I have been all my life.

I just love biography, and I'm fascinated by people who have shifted our destinies or our points of view.

I want to be remembered as a storyteller.

Art is not an elitist gift for a few select people. Art is for everyone.

What I am sad about is that there is now, in America, no equivalent to the art circuit.

When you have nothing to say, say nothing.

Not all the ravages caused by our merciless age are tangible ones. The subtler forms of destruction, those involving only the human spirit, are the most to be dreaded.

That's life. Life is the ultimate game, and its rules were made to be broken

I don't think anyone can predict what the short term will look like. In the long term, it will be a Syria without Bashar Assad. The longer it takes, the worse it will get.

For some interesting reason, I also like a guy who has a littte bit of a belly. I think that's really cute.

If I cannot trust someone's judgment, I cannot ask others to do so, and I would not place him at the head of my political operation.

Motivation is motive in action.

Nothing that Shakespeare ever invented was to equal Lincoln's invention of himself and, in the process, us.

We welcome change and openness; for we believe that freedom and security go together, that the advance of human liberty can only strengthen the cause of world peace.

The problem with most love stories in my opinion is that they're too simplistic.