This is my life... my story... my book. I will no longer let anyone else write it

Dreams, kindled in the fire of imagination, ignite in the brilliance of our minds, and are wrought in the work of our hands" -

You cannot clean a dirty wall with dirty hands.

I've had a lot of movies that didn't get great numbers on test screening, but a lot of times the film was able to survive, or the studio still stayed and supported it.

I just plug in and let go.

You know, comrade Pachman, I don't enjoy being a Minister, I would rather play chess like you, or make a revolution in Venezuela.

When your kids accomplish something it means much more than anything you've done.

Love is the easiest thing there is. It's the layers of doubt, fear, and expectation that make it complicated.

Not to find pleasure in serious reading gives a pastel coloring to the mind.

The first time I played golf was in Flushing Meadows, Queens, when I was about 16 or 17. They had an 18-hole pitch-and-putt. My buddies and I would hop the fence and sneak on and play.

We long to connect, all of us. We long to be noticed, to be cared for, to matter. Generosity is the invisible salve on our wound of loneliness, one that benefits both sides, over and over again.