Software will give you respect, but hardware will give you the Power.

I'm in favour of religion as a tamer of arrogance. For a Greek Orthodox, the idea of God as creator outside the human is not God in God's terms. My God isn't the God of George Bush.

There's a difference between a philosophy and a bumper sticker.

Every tub must stand upon its bottom.

We can all reprogram our brain's responses by putting ourselves into new, initially uncomfortable situations. We'll learn fear might not mean 'stop'; I've come to believe fear usually means 'go.

Great, they give blind kids guns," I said, trying to lessen his horror. "I don't even let Iggy have a gun. Usually.

Loving can be hard. Sometimes we don't feel loving, but it isn't all about feeling. Very often it is about will. Practice that if you can.

Julia Roberts is a favorite. Everybody loves her in the Hollywood community. The public adores her.

Whatever comes, don’t push it away. When it goes, do not grieve.

You don't want the white men to be written in a three-dimensional way but the black men, not. I mean, it's just about [how] scripts should always reflect real human beings. So that's what I look for.

A bit of body contact never hurt anyone.