The tough thing about adulthood is it starts before you even know it starts.

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.

Well, I don't know, Lina. But let's just say I've met a lot of dead people.

There are people who want to be everywhere at once and they get nowhere.

You have to remind kids to stay connected to the meaning of Christmas. Sometimes it takes a little bit of effort, but it's so worth it.

I have a car in Nebraska. When I bought it, they gave me a satellite radio, and there's an 'indie-rock' station. It's just nothing I'm interested in.

One of the reasons we're here is to be a part of this process of exchange.

Time never bears such moments on his wing as when he flies too swiftly to be marked.

I find it is happening in different ways to every industry in the world, and positioning yourself for that, and trying to get ahead of that, is a big conversation right now.

Kanye [West] is the hardest person to buy something for.

You can't have style if you don't have substance.

Are you appalled at existing conditions? Don't waste your energy trying to change conditions from without! Change the Human Heart from within.