I just like to do work that inspires me, and I don't pay any attention to whether it's a high- or low-budget movie.

Even today, in our progressive times, in most movies that come out, the men have to have biceps and the women have to be thin or something.

My dad never blew anything up, but he probably had friends who did. He and my mom have always preached that the pen is mightier than a Molotov cocktail.

It's less about what you do and more about who you are doing it with.

Media used to be one way. Everyone else in the world just had to listen. Now the internet is allowing what used to be a monologue to become a dialogue. I think that's healthy.

If you're going to put yourself above everybody else, you might end up alone.

The Sun is such a lonely star. Whenever he comes out to see his friends, they all disappear.

The most valiant thing you can do as an artist is inspire someone else to be creative.

If you know which way the current is going, you can use it to your advantage.

The Internet is allowing us to get back to what's really more natural, which is that storytelling is a shared thing. It's our natural way to be communal.

When I was Younger, I wanted to be something.Now, I just want to be younger.

If the States were not left to leave the Union when their rights were interfered with, the government would have been National, but the Convention refused to baptize it by that name.

We can sanctify ourselves in common things. We must do so.

People today are desperate for leaders, but they want to be influenced only by individuals they can trust, persons of good character.

What's a premonition? It's when you feel something before it actually happens. Do I believe in it? Yes. Have I had one? Nothing worth noting. I believe in all of that kind of stuff.

I've lived in London, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, New York, and Turin. But New York is my favorite city. It has so much energy, so much toughness.

There is great pain in all love, but we don't care, it's worth it.

To trade a childhood wonder for a plausible explanation - is there a worst trade one makes in life?

Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong.

Unless you believe the gospel, everything you do will be driven by either pride or fear.

It is your friends who make your world.