I've always shot on film, but the times are changing.

I tend to believe, when you're in a relationship, if you don't fight, it's not a real relationship. You have to have arguments and tensions, otherwise I don't believe it.

I just really have an affinity for women. Watching them go through journeys is more interesting to me than watching men.

If I can make a living as a writer, I can do anything.

Women have to take more control of their careers. They can't just wait to be cast in a film.

Connie Heermann is a Freedom Writer teacher. I believe she represents the best of what dedicated teachers can be because she chose to serve her students, not her school board.

I'm not really a believer in romantic, happily-ever-after love stories.

Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.

Ideas and not battles mark the forward progress of mankind.

I would never see him again. But as I watched the tunnel race before my eyes, I was certain of one thing: I did trust him. Now I had only to trust in myself.

As a kid my heart would break for the villains.

There's never been a culture that wasn't obsessed with food. The sort of sad thing is that our obsession is no longer with food, but with the price of food.

Love is not a passive state. It is an active force. It is the force of the soul.

If riding were all blue ribbons and bright lights, I would have quit long ago.

Ron, we're supposed to show the first years where to go!" "Oh yeah," said Ron, who had obviously forgotten. "Hey -- hey you lot! Midgets!

People are probably correct when they see me as the so-called Everyman. I'm attracted primarily to contemporary characters. I understand them and their frustrations.

Human relationships are rich and they're messy and they're demanding. And we clean them up with technology. We sacrifice conversation for mere connection.