I am a cynical optimist. Big opening weekends are like cotton candy. The films you will remember over time are the films that stick in the consciousness of the audience in a good way.

Health food may be good for the conscience but Oreos taste a hell of a lot better.

I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?

The measure of our success will be the condition on which we leave the world for the next generation.

God, I just love baseball.

Problems can become opportunities when the right people come together.

Storytellers broaden our minds: engage, provoke, inspire, and ultimately, connect us.

Never revisit the past, that's dangerous. You know, move on.

The technology available for film-making now is incredible, but I am a big believer that it's all in the story.

Not taking a risk is a risk. That's how I see it.

You’re never going to be the same person you are right now.

If one should criticize one should always have a meaningful explanation to accompany.

Out of her favour, where I am in love.

I refuse to allow a disability to determine how I live my life. I don't mean to be reckless, but setting a goal that seems a bit daunting actually is very helpful toward recovery.

Your idea of bliss is to wake up on a Monday morning knowing you haven't a single engagement for the entire week. You are cradled in a white paper cocoon tied up with typewriter ribbon.

Post-Scarcity Age, you don't pay for things. Abundance.

It's interesting to watch people go through it in something like this. I mean, what other then Melancholia films do they portray depression in?

In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest.

I like kisses that aren't too fast or rushed - that's what makes a good kiss.

We have a system that was devised by racists to create racist ends.

You can't have modern states based on ideas which have been out of date for a thousand years.