To belong to someone - I didn't know it, but now that I think about, it seems like that's all I've ever wanted. To really be somebody's, and to have them be mine.

Victory is a thousand times sweeter when you're the underdog.

Would you rather live one perfect day over and over or live your life with no perfect days but just decent ones?

It's the imperfections that make things beautiful.

We stood there, looking at each other, saying nothing. But it was the kind of nothing that meant everything.

Life doesn't have to be so planned. Just roll with it and let it happen.

It's a lot of responsibility to hold a person's heart in your hands.

He didn't give me flowers or candy. He gave me the moon and the stars. Infinity.

I've always loved the first day of school better than the last day of school. Firsts are best because they are beginnings.

It’s hard to throw away history. It was like you were throwing away a part of yourself.

But the little things are what make up life

I’m Sam Donovan.” “I know who you are. Mrs. Kulavich told me. I’m Jaine Bright.” “I know. She told me. She even told me how you spell your name.” Now, how on earth had Mrs. Kulavich known that?

If children feel safe, they can take risks, ask questions, make mistakes, learn to trust, share their feelings, and grow.

People forget years and remember moments.

Almost all the military personnel were wearing sunglasses. No Iraqis wear sunglasses. They really want to see your eyes. So immediately they can't trust the Americans.

It's a great luxury for me to be able to write on the films that I direct, and kind of a nice thing to be able to write enough to get credit, which is difficult for a director.

Prizes do not mean anything to me. I think it is more important to make a child aware of the existence of a weird creature like a water spider that breathes through its backside.

I always imagine later on these songs I could've played with a band, but it never worked out that way.

I have only one doctrine, the infinitude of the private man.

I'd rather go along with this sense of illusion that I'm a neutral beast going along through life doing everything that's preordained.

Friendship is never forgettable in your whole life. It is always sweet like chocolate but never bitter like Neem.