Human knowledge is never contained in just one person.

What makes human life meaningful? I still felt literature provided the best account of the life of the mind, while neuroscience laid down the most elegant rules of the brain.

Even if you are perfect the World isn't.

Literature not only illuminated another's experience, it provided, I believed, the richest material for moral reflection

Putting lifestyle first is how you find a job- not a calling.

A word meant something only between people, and life’s meaning, its virtue, had something to do with the depth of the relationships we form.

People often ask if it was calling. My answer always is yes.

Putting lifestyle first is how you find a job-- not a calling.

[H]e found poetry more comforting than Scripture—and his ability to forge from his life a cogent, powerful tale of living with death.

The sun does not abandon the moon to darkness.

his shirt had more wrinkles than a smoker's lips

People in every country should be free to choose and live their faith based upon the persuasion of the mind, and the heart, and the soul. This tolerance is essential for religion to thrive.

You have to kill to survive. People have been doing it forever. I eat meat, and I eat fish. If I were on a deserted island I would need that to survive.

I think optimism and humour are key words for me to make the films accessible, which means they can really travel and be seen by as many people as possible.

My tombstone? I'm thinking something along the lines of, 'Geez, he was just here a minute ago.'

We usually say there is always a ‘Plan B,’ but there is no ‘Planet B’.

The focus is what is right before you - to give it your best. It sows the seeds of tomorrow.

Our nation is today a powerful nation.

To give a child animal products is a form of child abuse.