It's good to say, 'Look, I can't always be right, but my gut tells me this' - and then you confirm with your gut.

Health food may be good for the conscience but Oreos taste a hell of a lot better.

I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?

The measure of our success will be the condition on which we leave the world for the next generation.

God, I just love baseball.

Problems can become opportunities when the right people come together.

Storytellers broaden our minds: engage, provoke, inspire, and ultimately, connect us.

Never revisit the past, that's dangerous. You know, move on.

I am a cynical optimist. Big opening weekends are like cotton candy. The films you will remember over time are the films that stick in the consciousness of the audience in a good way.

The technology available for film-making now is incredible, but I am a big believer that it's all in the story.

Not taking a risk is a risk. That's how I see it.

A good writer is an excellent reader.

I create neo-surreal gardens with my paint brush

I divide all literary works into two categories: Those I like and those I don't like. No other criterion exists for me.

I have long ago accepted that I am a little crazy and a little weird. It wasn't that exciting a revelation though. Turns out everyone is.

O, if my husband could only love me even a little and not seem to be perfectly indifferent to any sensation of that kind... O my poor aching heart when shall it rest its burden only on the Lord.

The reason I've been able to maintain my position of chairman of CBS in addition to all the Viacom stuff is my team.

I think that for me personally, a lot of my choices have been to do with my own issues of not feeling safe as a child and feeling a sense of stability.

... be indulgent toward those who ... are afraid of the aloneness that you trust.

Percy was not feeling the love.

Imagine what Masaccio or Leonardo would have done if they had an instrument with which they could point, push a button, and get an image.