To succeed takes more than the desire to win. It also takes the acceptance that we could fail.

A team is not a group of people that work together. A team is a group of people that trust each other.

Working hard for something we don't care about is called stress; working hard for somthing we love is called passion.

Leadership is a way of thinking, a way of acting and, most importantly, a way of communicating.

When we help ourselves, we find moments of happiness. When we help others, we find lasting fulfillment.

The ability for a group of people to do remarkable things hinges on how well those people can pull together as a team.

A leader's job is not just to get the best out of their people-a leader's job is to make more leaders.

It is better to disappoint people with the truth than to appease them with a lie.

Leadership is not about being in charge. Leadership is about taking care of those in your charge.

Always plan for the fact that no plan ever goes according to plan.

If you hire people just because they can do a job, they'll work for your money, but if they believe what you believe, they'll work for you with blood and sweat and tears.

As when, O lady mine, With chiselled touchThe stone unhewn and coldBecomes a living mould, The more the marble wastes, The more the statue grows.

My hair is my identity.

I'm used to my films having little effect on making the world a better place.

I had a newspaper in Flint, Michigan called the 'Flint Voice,' and so it was a, you know, underground, alternative newspaper that I edited and put out for about ten years.

I love to draw, so I really want to go and study art. I've never done things for me. I've always done things for my career or for my family.

When people know they are created with a purpose, and not here by accident, it is life-changing.

Artists probably should have some impenetrable aspects of themselves.

We investigate the past not to deduce practical political lessons, but to find out what really happened.

I think we females have a lot of work to do for each other.

There is no higher claim to journalistic integrity than going to jail to protect a source.