At a crucial point in my early twenties, being able to end a pregnancy had restored to me what I regarded as a normal life. I remember that it saved me.

The camera only documented what had been there all along, a marriage whose foundations, constructed from the cheap materials of convention and fear, had been buckling for years.

Here was a Jewish man-turned-woman making fun of Jewish men for not being manly enough.

In every moment, know that the Lord's presence is always with you.

I never thought about the green, but LA has a lot of greenery.

It's fine to work on any problem, so long as it generates interesting mathematics along the way - even if you don't solve it at the end of the day.

There's another way of making music, by touching the lives and feelings of ordinary people.

Muslim delegates concerned about rights in Palestine could have brought their enthusiasm closer to home by addressing the fate of black Christians being slaughtered and enslaved in the Sudan.

Art is the more spiritual side of education that really does saves lives and makes amazing individuals.

I want to do movies but not talk about them.

He's as old as some trees.

It took a long time to get out of my contract. The producers thought I was negotiating for more money.

A reader's emotions can be sparked with few words. That's the power of dialogue.