It’s often overlooked. It’s labor. That’s at the heart of #‎ collaboration .

There's no such thing as simple. Simple is hard.

You don't make up for your sins in church. You do it in the streets. You do it at home. The rest is bullshit and you know it.

Every scene is a lesson. Every shot is a school. Let the learning continue.

As a child I had terrible asthma.

More than ninety percent of directing a picture is the right casting

Now more than ever we need to talk to each other, to listen to each other and understand how we see the world, and cinema is the best medium for doing this.

I love movies - it's my whole life, and that's it.

Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out.

Always stay open to surprise.

I’m not interested in a realistic look, not at all, not ever. Every film should look the way I feel.

At times even the best are not good enough.

...I knew in the end the guilt of one side did not prove the innocence of the other.

We must always emphasize research and development of science and mathematics, and I can think of no better way to achieve this than through our future in space.

Water covers two-thirds of the Earth. I cover the rest.

Would you please please please please please please please stop talking?

A falling drop at last will carve a stone.

My family is awesome.

I think If I were to look for the most foolish Clinton supporter and ask you to give them equal time nationally, I could find you some pretty nutty people who are for Hillary Clinton.

Is it possible to live so defensively that you never get to live at all?

One of the best practices in the manual of human existence is to assist people who need help when you can safely do so. The best people help those who need help.