Part of me is drawn to the nature of sadness because I think life is sad, and sadness is not something that should be avoided or denied. It's a fact of life, like contradictions are.

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.

I knew I loved you before I met youI think I dreamed you into lifeI knew I loved you before I met youI have been waiting all my life

That was the trick - to keep punching, no matter what.

It is better to have no emotion when it is work. Do what needs to be done and do it coolly.

All words and sayings gently turn, returning to the self.

Good God, if our civilization were to sober up for a couple of days it'd die of remorse on the third.

Nothing gives small minds a better handle for hatred than superiority.

Not gold, but only man can make a people great and strong; men who, for truth and honor's sake, stand fast and suffer long.

For fear you will be alone you do so many things that aren't you at all.

Fame, they tell you, is air; but without air there is no life for any; without fame there is none for the best.

I had some words with my wife, and she had some paragraphs with me.