Part of me longs to do a job where there's not a gray area.

It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. That's always been a tug of war for me.

I already did my coming out about a thousand years ago, back in the stone age.

Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from.

Being understood is not the most essential thing in life.

I've always had this idea that I wanted movies to make people better not worse.

Love and respect are the most important aspects of parenting, and of all relationships.

Let how you live your life stand for something, no matter how small and incidental it may seem.

Privacy above all else. Some day, in the future, people will look back and remember how beautiful it once was.

Knowing what paint a painter uses or having an understanding of where he was in the history of where he came from doesn't hurt your appreciation of the painting.

I think Anna and the King is a look at Asia from the Asian perspective, reflecting the Asian experience, which is very rare.

There is no better way to influence children than being their role model.

The Psalms wrap nouns and verbs around our pain better than any other book.

First there wasn't, then there was. Before God no one was.

This isn't London, sweetheart. This is New York City and we can spot a fraud from a mile away.

Drop everithing and read.

If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would be appalled at the disclosures.

art, n. This word has no definition.

It is very rare or almost impossible that an event can be negative from all points of view.

Long-term, we must figure out a way that the Kurdish territory within Iraq operates with a certain amount of autonomy so that they feel comfortable and safe going back.

Hitting. That's what I enjoy most. Realistically, it's probably the hardest thing to do in all of sport. Think about it. You've got a round ball, a round bat, and the object is to hit it square.