Go have fun and make money

Things that make you weird as a kid will make you great tomorrow.

It's about whittling. It's about taking something and whittling and whittling and getting it sharp and perfect. Then you've got something.

Inspiration is hogwash. My work comes directly out of my loves and hates. Muses don't whisper in my ear, and ideas don't flow over my body like a cool rain.

If your work appeals to everyone, it moves no one

The life you want doesn't exist. You have to make it up.

If you don't enjoy what you're doing, how can you assume anyone else will

But the few brave ones, both companies and individuals, who risk comfort and safety for a chance at beauty or being able to move someone — they have a potential to gain so much more.

You can't learn anything new, until you are open enough to forget everything you think you know

We're supposed to be the people who make culture, not decorate culture.

Put your weird in your work!

Maybe you should say goodbye, Cal.''No.''It might be important.''It might make her die.

Believe God for something today. Prayer is the key to connecting with God and allowing Him to speak to your spirit. Open your heart and free your mind.

In America, our differences matter, but our country matters more. That's the attitude I wanted to take to the Senate.

If the plan doesn’t work, change the plan, but never the goal.

The audience should feel like voyeurs. Their response is absolutely crucial.

When you're sharing a mud hole with a wildebeest derriere in sub-Saharan Africa, that's a living hell.

Let me tell you this, if I had wanted to have a library of audio and videotapes of Bill Clinton, I could have had that. And after I was accused of being a liar, I wished that I had of.

I don't have any gnawing guilt over contributing to any unhappiness suffered by my husbands. They were as much to blame as I was.

You cannot hear music and noise at the same time.

Film school is a complete con, because the information is there if you want it.