In the film business, when you're young, you just want to work. But when you're older, it has more to do with who's involved with the project - who you're going to get in the boat with.

Every time we sit down to eat, we make a choice. Please choose vegetarianism. Do it for animals. Do it for the environment and do it for your health.

If Obama was white, he’d be up by 17 points.

Books make great gifts because you don't have to plug them in.

Never go with a hippie to a second location.

One of the truest things to commit to is your own nature.

Behind each number is a person, a victim, whose individual story is ghastly.

To be in this business and have tremendous integrity and only make distinguished choices is very tough.

New York City is a mismanaged carnival of stupidity that is desperate for revenue and anxious to criminalize behavior once thought benign.

I wanted to be president of the United States. I really did. The older I get, the less preposterous the idea seems.

Only one thing counts in this life - get them to sign on the line that is dotted.

In order to create, equilibrium must be broken.

If You believe in yourself you can reach everything you want.

Even when I’m in the dark I’m in the dark with you.

Intermittency [in availability for wind and solar] changes the economics, particularly this requirement that the power company at all times be able to require power. That's large.

As you keep moving forward, you can stay upright even when outside forces try to pull you down.

Living in the capital, I worry about terrorism, but I no longer panic. For this I have my child to thank.

What's important is that children have an opportunity to bond with the natural world, to learn to love it and feel comfortable in it, before being asked to heal its wounds.

The writer's job is the job of a clown …the clown who also talks about sorrow.

Inactivity is the biggest sin in boxing.

I assaulted Stone Cold Steve Austin and got away with it! It was indeed a very special night for me.