The things that interest me are less to do with perhaps finding myself and more to do with surviving and mercy and forgiveness.

We spend so much of our early lives trying to figure out who we really are. And we spend the rest of our lives preparing ourselves to let it go.

Nature is a series of murders.

Ibsen, Chekhov, Shakespeare, and Beckett to me are the most revolutionary.

I love when a director says, "I don't know."

Kids' literature now is dystopian, you know.

The bigger the budget, the more trouble there is.

It seems like there'd be no Donald Trump without the internet, first of all. He's a tweeter, which is basically just a bullhorn.

I spent a lot of time with making sure everyone felt wanted.

I love British female directors lately.

I'm going to go wherever I'm needed.

The only place where to experience the invisible future is in the mind. The relationships we have with our minds make all the difference.

I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will.

Surrender is when we stop toiling and striving and we begin receiving and arriving. Nothing is more beautiful to experience than the inner rest that follows surrender.

It is a little disappointing to see that your legs are not as strong. But I like the idea of growing old, and the thought of approaching death is not particularly daunting to me.

A Congressional Budget Office report released as recent as June 2004 says the system will be able to pay full benefits until 2052, and 80 percent after that.

Don’t worry about the money. Love the process.

Whether I'm wearing lots of makeup or no makeup, I'm always the same person inside.

gastronomy is and always has been connected with its sister art of love.

It's pretty hard being a tennis player and Mother Theresa at the same time and that's just the way it is.

I was too broke to buy a guitar so I more borrowed guitars from friends.