Whenever there's chaos, there's ambiguity, and where there's ambiguity, there's fear. And fear gets manipulated.

Health food may be good for the conscience but Oreos taste a hell of a lot better.

I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?

The measure of our success will be the condition on which we leave the world for the next generation.

God, I just love baseball.

Problems can become opportunities when the right people come together.

Storytellers broaden our minds: engage, provoke, inspire, and ultimately, connect us.

Never revisit the past, that's dangerous. You know, move on.

I am a cynical optimist. Big opening weekends are like cotton candy. The films you will remember over time are the films that stick in the consciousness of the audience in a good way.

The technology available for film-making now is incredible, but I am a big believer that it's all in the story.

Not taking a risk is a risk. That's how I see it.

You must let what happens happen. Everything must be equal in your eyes, good and evil, beautiful and ugly, foolish and wise.

He was everyone and every living creature in one ecstatic motion.

Moral issues rarely have yes or no answers.-Myles to Alanna when she asks about the Gift

You know, I have more than enough to do without having to worry about the financial system.

A poor photographer meets chance one out of a hundred times and a good photographer meets chance all the time.

YouTube is an amazing platform for young musicians - although its harder to get noticed now that everyone is on it.

You can have too much champagne to drink but you can never have enough.

It is my thought that clean living and a strict observance of the golden rule of true sportsmanship are foundation stones without which a championship structure cannot be built.

The beauty of life is in people who feel some obligation to enhance life. Without that, we're only half alive.

Vegetarianism is a way of life that we should all move toward for economic survival, physical well-being and spiritual integrity.