I read, therefore I'm interested in writers.

You can have a lot of unhappiness by not having money, but the reverse is no guarantee of happiness.

What's really interesting about that is that a lot of these words that were incendiary in their time now seem almost harmless and laughable, because they have this archaic quality.

They are always very lax about putting restrictions on violence for children's movies, which I think is much more harrowing than sexuality for children.

But you know, there's always a danger nowadays that films are gonna be brought up to Canada for budget reasons. And that's something that really concerns me.

Whereas European films have traditionally been able to go into adult relationships. I think there's a huge audience in America for those kinds of films.

To me, thoughts are fun and art is fun. The strength of our society should not be idle entertainments but the joy of pursuing ideas.

The truth is, I'm drawn to all kinds of things.

Making movies can be a creative exciting project for director and rest of staff.

It doesn't matter how many friends you have on Facebook or twitter, if you have no real friends means you have nothing in your life.

He who lives for nothing costs the lives of many, but he who lives for something greater than himself preserves those he loves.

I spent many a summer early morning with the radio very low, half sleeping and half listening.

You don't need to know who I'm dating. You don't need to know what I'm doing. I'm fine with everybody not knowing that.

Give recognition where it is due. Compliments stimulate more effort and desire to improve. Be generous with honest praising.

I believe that the war against terrorism and the war against poverty in these times of turmoil go together. So you - when you fight one, you have to fight the other.

If there was no Internet, my career would have ended in 1995.

I wish I could just project everything on the paper.

Stop Bullying. No one deserves to feel worthless.

Some of the most wonderful people are the ones who don't fit into boxes.