Great writing attracts great actors. It attracts money. Without a great script, you have nothing.

If you want to experiment, do something temporary.

You have to love the guy that you play, even if you play the villain, you've got to love him.

It's important, when going after a goal, to never lose sight of the integrity of the journey.

She is Cuba. If you want to love her, you have to be with her, but you can't be with her in her current state. It's the point of view of all exiles - you have to leave the thing you cherish most.

I think good chemistry starts with mutual respect.

Children need parameters, know what's right or wrong.

A man should have a right to be religious if he wants to. The government should not be involved in those decisions.

I listen to and I play all kinds of music, and I'm interested in jazz and in bluegrass - I like it all - but Cuban music speaks to me in a certain way.

I wish we didn't have to tell this story.

Becoming a producer enables you to empower yourself, to make the film that you want to make. I have desires to make movies - I have movies I'm developing, and things that I'm interested in.

Time: the Ever-flowing pen of God.

Gods revelation to you is a classified info.

By taking control of the present, you are choosing to alter the past you are making for yourself, and your future too.

I have never written on any subject unless I believed that the authorities on it were hopelessly wrong.

For a single woman preparing for company means wiping the lipstick off the milk carton.

When I was younger, I was a robot. Wind her up and she plays tennis.

The only way men or women can be judged is against the canvas of their own time.

It's been so important that the Chamber of Commerce, for example, has hosted hiring fairs that are specifically targeted to military communities.

What kind of a maniac needed over five thousand plates?

A short reign does not spare the masses.