OK, it was black, it was below grade, I was female, Asian American, young, too young to have served. Yet I think none of the opposition in that sense hurt me.

Sometimes I think creativity is magic; it's not a matter of finding an idea, but allowing the idea to find you.

A lot of my works deal with a passage, which is about time. I don't see anything that I do as a static object in space. It has to exist as a journey in time.

I probably have fundamentally antisocial tendencies. I never took one extracurricular activity. I just failed utterly at that level. Part of me still rebels against that.

To fly we have to have resistance.

An artist fights to retain the integrity of a work so that it remains a strong, clear vision. Art is and should be the act of an individual willing to say something new, something not quite familiar.

Our lives are given meaning by our actions-accomplishments made while we are "here" that extend beyond our own time.

If we forget what used to be, then we’ve lost an ability to really be sensitive to our surroundings.

You have to let the viewers come away with their own conclusions. If you dictate what they should think, you've lost it.

I didn't have anyone to play with so I made up my own world.

To me, the American Dream is being able to follow your own personal calling. To be able to do what you want to do is incredible freedom.

Work hard and take risks. Try it before you confirm it is difficult!

Sometimes, our greatest obstacles are breathtakingly beautiful challenges. Rise to the challenge!

Only hard work will make you prosper

I love musicals and I love Broadway.

I will sign a universal health-care bill into law by the end of my first term as president that will cover every American and cut the cost of a typical family’s premium by up to $2,500 a year.

When I did the first 'Matrix,' after it came out, I had a woman come up to me and just thank me for Trinity because she was an action writer. She said she was getting really good opportunities now.

Fatigue is the price of leadership. Mediocrity is the price of never getting tired.

The more credible you are, the more confidence people place in you, thereby allowing you the privilege of influencing their lives.

How noiseless falls the foot of time!

A person is both wise and wealthy when you master the art of appreciating what you already have.