We're like a gardener with a hose and our attention is water - we can water flowers or we can water weeds.

I like movies that are about real people in real time with real problems.

It really shocks me when I encounter people who think kindness doesn't matter. Because I think it's pretty much the only thing that matters.

In college, you're kind of designing who you want to be. And I wanted to be a big reader.

I kicked college nostalgia in my late 20s. As much as I loved college and treasure the memories, I no longer want to go back.

I care about reading, a lot. It's a big part of my life.

Even though I occasionally appear on it, I don't watch television.

Kindness is not about instant gratification. More often, it's akin to a low-risk investment that appreciates steadily over time.

Film allows me to ask some really big questions with the time to explore them deeply. I love the form.

I actually have a thing about proper nouns. They clang on my ear in a weird way when I hear them dropped into movies.

All of the things I used to obsess over, I'm no longer as obsessed with. I have new concerns but they're a little more existential or cosmic.

The wise will admire you. The wishful will envy you. The weak will hate you. This is the reality for those who dare to be epic.

Live for today. Multitudes of people have failed to live for today. ... What they have had within their grasp today they have missed entirely because only the future has intrigued them.

Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases.

He talked and talked because he didn't know what to say.

To be original is to discover the commonplace of a thousand years--to face at first the sneer that no one would have thought of it, and at last the indifference because any one would.

I try to speak in everyday language. I feel like God has gifted me to take Bible principles and make them practical.

A Christian in his surroundings should encourage everyone to be better, instead of being the one who stoops to be like everyone else.

The most precious jewels are not made of stone, but of flesh.

If you speak to young kids anywhere in the world, hip-hop is the music that they like to listen to more than any other type, so the influence simply cannot be underestimated.

I have been skeptical and not trusting of traditional models of the entertainment industry. I never got a manager.