What needs to happen is more of a global understanding, and I believe the United States can work as a global partner and not be the hegemon.

One of the joys of going to the movies was that it was trashy, and we should never lose that.

Anybody who's been through a divorce will tell you that at one point. they've thought murder. The line between thinking murder and doing murder isn't that major.

Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that.

When you look at a movie, you look at a director's thought process.

Hell is the impossibility of reason.

If you make the movie from your heart and it stands over time, that's what matters to me.

I'm a dramatist. Dramatists have a right to look at history and interpret it the way they see it.

Every day that you get up, it's some kind of victory if you're making a good product, or working on a project that can only help mankind.

I think our life is a series of adventures.

Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works.

It is because of its emptiness that the cup is useful.

What is writing, after all, except fumbling in darkness endeavoring to light a candle?

The game women play is men.

Punishments erode relationships and moral growth.

I never watch MTV. I don't have time to watch TV. And when I do, I'm watching the Discovery Channel. 'Deadliest Catch: Crab Fishing in Alaska,' that's my show.

If I was going to lie to you, I'd already be elected.

Education : a debt due from present to future generations.

I'm not much of a party guy anymore.

Climate change has been associated so much with a peaceful mentality - obviously peace and love are good, but we need to think about climate as a threat to survival.

When you see your male counterparts living a completely different lifestyle, I think it would be quite depressing! So no, it's not for me.