I have always wanted my colors to sing.

Most suffering comes from the failure to adapt and a resistance to change.

Intelligence is not measured by the mind's ability to compute, but by the heart's will to contrive.

Success does not judge one man for being worthy above another. Success doesn’t choose you because of your family name or existing wealth.

Lies aren't just the things we tell -- they're the lives we lead.

...the religion of the heart is as intimate as a wish breathed to the night sky...

When an editor first explained to me the difference between direct and indirect writing, I just thought it was a stylistic choice.

There's been a 40-year effort on the far right to build up think tanks, academic programs, advocacy groups, to push a particular ideology. That's really where the impact is that people don't see.

I got into photography because of the immediacy of the medium. I used to sit in front of a canvas for weeks trying to create something. Now I can see the image right away.

Courts are an aristocratic institution in a democracy. That's the dilemma for an institution that has the function of reviewing the will of the people. We're bound to be "anti-majoritarian."

The first really important book I read about filmmaking was The Film Technique by Pudovkin. This was some time before I had ever touched a movie camera and it opened my eyes to cutting and montage.