In reality we are still children. We want to find a playmate for our thoughts and feelings.

Haters and bullies are always cowards, you know. They like to pick on little guys.

The little mutton-chopped man interrupted them to point out that in his opinion good was not the avoidance of evil, but something more positive than that: it was making the world a better place.

My biggest challenge is to not do urban movies for the rest of my life, those alpha hoodies.

I think "immoral" is probably the wrong word to use...I prefer the word "unethical."

I just feel passionately about a few things and particularly about helping artists get off the ground.

When we talk mathematics, we may be discussing a secondary language built on the primary language of the nervous system.

If you want peace, prepare for the war.

...what I can do is offer myself, wholehearted and present, to walk with the people I love through the fear and the mess. That's all any of us can do. That's what we're here for.

Chinese people today have strong demand for culture, but we need effective supply, and China needs innovative cultural products.

The rock and roll spirit. I learned a lot of that because I worked with Buddy Holly. I played bass with him, and he taught me a lot about that.