You cannot underestimate the influence of Shakespeare.

I follow the Patriots, but the Steelers were my first and true love. I still have a terrible towel.

In all natural disasters through time, man needs to attach meaning to tragedy, no matter how random and inexplicable the event is.

To my mind, an adventure is something a person willingly undertakes.

You know, if you're at home with children, you lose twenty-five IQ points.

As Herman Melville wrote of that seagoing monster of a man Captain Ahab, “All mortal greatness is but disease.

...as long as you are motivated by the approval of others, you cannot know with confidence whether the decisions you are making in your life are what's right for you... pg 102

I don't want to go to Peru."How do you know? You've never been there."I've never been to hell either and I'm pretty sure I don't want to go there.

The person who has read just a single book argues. The person who has read the entire library watches in silence.

And the Dragon Guard was born…

I love to eat cucumber sticks with yogurt. It's a great snack to have at home, especially when I'm having house guests.

I still have to work on my weight and some of my other demons.

Creativity is not to be rudely shoved into being

Hard work IS its own reward. Integrity IS priceless. Art DOES feed the soul.

I'm not going to be an interpreter at the U.N. I'm not going to live in Africa on a farm or whatever, but I am going to see the world through those eyes when I make those films.

Be guided by the axiom: There are no limits to the ability to contribute on the part of a properly selected, well-trained, appropriately supported, and, above all, committed person.