One can only be constantly envious of other people's achievements through idleness, because true dreamers are too focused on their goals and dreams to be worrying about other people's business.

As is often the case with children, the rule of ‘monkey see, monkey do’ plays out in the workplace. It’s hard to be good role model, and it’s one of the greatest challenges of leadership.

Disobedience is the stamp of the hero.

The United States can tell you all about what's wrong with the British, to say nothing of the Russians.

I was trying to figure out how to use the skills I had developed in the world of social change.

The funniest thing is that all the things every director goes through, I thought I could shortcut, but there was no getting around those issues.

Love ... is a sacred fire that must not be burnt to idols.

Love is just an institution.

Our building practices for the past century have been plain stupid - especially the glorification of the single-family house in a subdivision, at the expense of all other typologies and arrangements.

it is very well worthwhile to be tormented for two or three years of one's life, for the sake of being able to read all the rest of it.

It's such a joy to be able to play someone who is angry. It's a joy and a relief. Having to be nice all the time is exhausting and boring.