The gift of life is the gift to suffer sometimes and to embrace it, heartbreak and all.

The closer you stay to emotional authenticity and people, character authenticity, the less you can go wrong. That's how I feel now, no matter what you're doing.

Anything you could ever want or be you already have and are.

The holy trifecta of directing and filmmaking is character emotion, camera movement and music. When you hit those three, that's magical. That's what I'm trying to do.

I got put on jury duty, which is where I learned how to write.

There's nothing better than an actor who is really, really hungry to show everything they've got.

You know, veterans come home and they may not be bipolar, but after they've been through a war with PTSD or a head injury, their families have a handful when they come home.

That's just how I see things. I think things that are the most dramatic or tragic can also look the most ridiculous and funny. That's part of being human.

The idea that anyone would think their religious ideas make them morally superior is just preposterous.

What do we have in life, really? If we're lucky we get to a certain age, and we have each other. We have the food we like. We have our crazy little rituals. And we have each other.

There's always hope. Never give up. Walk slowly and drink lots of water. It ain't a sprint.

We are what we think about and meditate on. Look around people! America is a buffet of violence

As a religion, bilingualism is the god that failed. It has led to no fairness, produced no unity, and cost Canadian taxpayers untold millions.

I talked with Brian Stokes Mitchell, who agreed with me that if you have a gift there is always stuff to do.

It is difficult to like those whom we do not esteem; but it is no less so to like those whom we esteem more than ourselves.

The enforcement is the flip side to the growth. And that's OK.

It is the nature of a person as he/she grows older to protest against change, particularly changes for the better.

She had always wanted words, she loved them; grew up on them. Words gave her clarity, brought reason, shape.

I get reminded a lot of the time that my life is a little bit different, but I'm just trying to keep it as regular as possible because I like it that way

When something that honest is said it usually needs a few minutes of silence to dissipate.

O Laziness, mother of the arts and noble virtues, be thou the balm of human anguish.