Life is too god damn short and you can't waste a minute of it.

Nobody feels like an adult. It's the world's dirty secret.

The main thing on film is you want to be innocent to the moment.

Without social identity, there is, in fact, no society.

When there is tension, arguments and money problems, it's tough to do your work. Some people thrive on that. I don't.

There's nothing like walking onto a Hollywood sound stage.

I don't watch the dailies. You want to just turn in your resignation when you watch the dailies.

Any time you die in a film, it's not real, so it's all kind of fun.

A Western would be good. I'd love to do a Western.

But I loved making Eat Pray Love, and I loved working with Julia Roberts.

The end comes, no matter what. The only thing that matters is, how do you want to go out, on your feet or on your knees?

Faith in God is a blessed hope.

Apathy is the door to ignorance. Empathy is the door to wisdom.

We created not only to exist but to fulfill a sacred mission.

Q: Best part about being a musical theatre book writer?A: Explaining what that is.

It is in the power of every individual to do that which the community as a whole is powerless to effect.

There was no way in hell I was going to jeopardize my baby for my show.

Most work in macroeconomics in the past 30 years has been useless at best and harmful at worst.

I think that the anti-Microsoft sentiment is simply due to their having been so successful selling a lot of crap.

In English, the sounds and melodies I created were an inspiration to me, and words came to me as I explored the sounds, and from there I was able expand on the meaning.