As with most dreams of men, the ideal becomes just that––an ideal––and the pure rationale of existence is thrust upon the best of the dreamers.

And in that moment she realized none of it was real, and so she set herself free.

Change is inevitable. And in a way, change is a sort of magic. However, not everyone believes in something as frugal as the unexplained.

It takes courage to live. It takes even more courage to wonder. But it takes the greatest courage of all to believe.

The notion of there being something greater than humanity can strike fear in the bravest of soldiers and cradle courage in the palm of a child’s hand.

No exceptions to exceptions!

People eat duck and you think, well, we've got loads of chickens, leave the ducks alone!

In a world that we know can feed itself, upwards of 40,000 children die very day from conditions of malnutrition. Surely we must question why we are allowing this carnage to continue

We are taught to want a thing. We are taught that having that thing will make us happy. We are taught that having it immediately is the answer. We are taught a corrupted version of success. And love.

You can't pretend that everybody likes Versace. It would be boring. It's better to create a reaction than to create no reaction. That's dangerous.

Do it trembling if you must, but do it!

The surest method against scandal is live it down in well-doing.

One must not mistake majority for truth.

He knew that hair couldn't feel; he kissed her hair.

Nic [Cage] is more than just a fantastic actor. He will get your movie made. The first thing that we did is that we went to producers and there were a lot of great producers.