I was realizing, for the first time, that everything goes on, turns gray, is ruined in the living. That there is no end to our story until death comes and the body decays.

That profound night freedom was agreeable and exciting.

I write short, my words tight to the thread of the narrative.

The most painful and jealously guarded secrets are perhaps the ones that everyone around us knows. Stupid tragedies. Useless tears.

When I left, I had learnt nothing. I took nothing with me. At least, that's what I thought then.

It was the first time I traveled alone, but I was not scared.

People who do not have a price tag attached to them are priceless.

I have two rules for a great book: make me think and make me smile.

I think movies are good for getting into dream states or exploring weird alternate states of thinking.

I grew up next to the ocean, on the coast, and would dance the salsa all day, so I just learned those rhythms and knew how to move my body when I was very little.

I am all for using business - public and private - to expand healthcare coverage.

We are shaping young kids to be leaders in their communities and also to be healthier.

This was the Athenians' war against the King of Macedon, a war of words. Words are the only weapons the Athenians have left.

Dimitri: "Why did you come here?" Rose: "Because you hit me on the head and dragged me here.

Horror films have been with us forever, so you can't say I originated that in any way, but it sort of brought back a classical way to make a horror film.

Which came first - the observer or the particle?