If you don't wake up with something in your stomach every day that makes you think, "I want to make this movie," it'll never get made.

The single most important thing you can do in business is to be yourself.

My advice to everybody - never give up and have great resiliency. Don't take the rejection personally, but listen if it’s intelligent and make changes if they’re needed and then move forward.

Listen, be respectful of others' opinions, be willing to change your mind - and then ultimately you have to make the decision. Decisiveness is very important.

There's a Harvard Business School thing that says, 'Every 10 years you should replant yourself,' and the only way to keep young is to learn new things and keep curious.

When you rule in a culture of fear, you're not getting the best out of people.

I felt, if I never did anything in my life but read scripts and synopsize them, I would be happy.

My mother, because of her life, had almost a contradictory way of viewing life. She had this great zest and joy for life and I think that I have that. The glass is always half full for me.

To me, education is the way out of poverty. And it is the only way.

If you don't wake up with something in your stomach every day that makes you think "I want to make this movie " it'll never get made.

Actions speak louder than words, and a smile says, ‘I like you. You make me happy. I am glad to see you.

In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.

Instead, the two parties should be almost identical, so that the American people can throw the rascals out at any election without leading to any profound or extensive shifts in policy.

Normally it is not polite to go into somebody’s room without knocking, but you can make an exception if the person is dead, or pretending to be dead.

One learns to itch where one can scratch.

The values to which the conservative appeals are inevitably caricatured by the individuals designated to put them into practice.

My eyebrows make a more profound impact on [other] people than they do on me... I just let 'em grow.

In the beginning was simplicity.

Now and then it's clear to me, that need is love, and love is need.

You smile. No, it is not fatal.