You live and let live, eventually that becomes enough.

words are like nets - we hope they'll cover what we mean, but we know they can't possibly hold that much joy, or grief, or wonder.

And I remembered something else that makes us human: faith, the only weapon in our arsenal to battle doubt.

It seems to me that no matter what religion you subscribe to, acts of kindness are the stepping-stones to making the world a better place--because we become better people in it.

When you're different, sometimes you don't see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn't.

Would you give up your vengeance against someone you hate if it meant saving someone you love? Would you want your dreams to come true if it meant granting your enemy's dying wish?

You didn't get past something like that, you go through it -- and for that reason alone, I understood more about her than she ever would have guessed.

I knew what it was like to lose someone you loved. You didn't get past something like that, you got through it.

Like the teens I worked with, I understood the need for miracles--they kept reality from paralyzing you

You’ll tell yourself anything you have to, to pretend that you’re still the one in control.

If I had some of Jesus' tools, I'd build a big house that has no rules. And a bed that's big enough for 13 babies, and me & Miss Olivia Brown.

Motivation always sparks a fire within us.

Life is a very brief candle especially when you burn it at both ends

Nature heals under the auspices of the medical profession.

The best time to live-up to a great expectation be only when everyone says give-up.

I may not have all the time I thought I had.

I love working with women - I love women - and we need more women directors. We need more feminine sensibilities in movies.

A fine marksman is with a second rate rifle is far more effective than the reverse.

Probably the geekiest attribute that I have of them all is that I’ve always had a hard time meeting friends. Like no matter where I grew up and I moved around, I always had a hard time.

Don't you get it? We are The Walking Dead!