You go, dark energy! Go on, dark matter. They don't understand you, dark matter. They don't get you.

Saying slavery was the cause of secession isn't politically correct; it's correct correct.

You know that sadness and rage you feel about your money? That's the way some of us feel about people.

The Oscar nominations are out, and they're so white a grand jury has decided not to indict them.

I love writing family stories.

When I was a kid, I was very much interested in magic and science. They fueled interest in one another.

Even though you're in charge you're not completely in ownership. You know, the audience takes a huge ownership of your show.

There's a lot of magic in science, so to speak.

I've always felt like I had a guardian angel in some of those ways.

I like to get things going. I get so many different ideas, whether it's film, TV, whatever.

When I was born there were still different drinking fountains you had to drink out of.

Confidence is a plant of slow growth.

Will: Have you ever seen what happens to someone with demon pox? First it lies dormant. One begins to turn yellow and green. Then the swelling sets in - Jem: THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS DEMON POX.

Our country does not guarantee you success--but liberty guarantees you the opportunity to succeed.

I'd just as soon stay home and raise babies

I don't know if I'm addicted to fame; fame is more of an unpleasant circumstance of an addiction to creativity.

had no excuses for the things that we'd done, we were brave, we crazy, we were mostly young.

I want to be a positive influence. I want to be someone who they want to call in and want here consistently, regardless of my role.

It's so wrong when I pick up a new edition of Huckleberry Finn and I look at the last page and it doesn't say, Yours truly, at the end.

Mothers always think you are working either too hard or not hard enough.

I get ideas about things I want to make and then I throw myself into it with everything I have.