When you find something you genuinely enjoy, don't let anyone else make you feel bad about it. Don't feel guilty about the pleasure you take in the things you enjoy. Celebrate them.

Don't think of your website as a self-promotion machine, think of it as a self-invention machine.

Forget about being an expert or a professional, and wear your amateurism (your heart, your love) on your sleeve. Share what you love, and the people who love the same things will find you.

The best way to get started on the path to sharing your work is to think about what you want to learn, and make a commitment to learning in front of others.

Don’t talk to people you don’t want to talk to, and don’t talk about stuff you don’t want to talk about.

Comments outnumber ideas.

hit with your fist, not with your finger spread

I would consider all women as my mother but not all girls as my sisters.

School forces unique individuals to think, act, and, look alike.

I'm told I'm very charming when people do what I want.

When I talk to film students, I always say, "Buy the DVDs and listen to the commentaries, look at the making of, look at the behind-the-scenes," because that's such a great learning tool.

What do most people say on their deathbed? They don't say, 'I wish I'd made more money.' What they say is, 'I wish I'd spent more time with my family and done more for society or my community.

Shame can be self-indulgence too.

When one comes to think of it, there are no such things as divine, immutable, or inalienable rights. Rights are things we get when we are strong enough to make good our claim on them.

Grace is ever present. All that is necessary is that you surrender to it.

Faith is an evil precisely because it requires no justification and brooks no argument.