People are beautiful wrecks.

We are all wonderful, beautiful wrecks. That's what connects us--that we're all broken, all beautifully imperfect.

What I find interesting is that the people that follow your Twitters are called 'followers.' Talk about false idolatry, right?

If only media people would stop reaching for the low-hanging fruit, which is cynicism and pessimism, and stopped trying so hard to be hip and cool and have a swagger.

Where people are now in terms of the economic crisis, they're looking at what we think is the bottom, and I think that's when people look to film and to spirituality.

When people ask what were the qualities of Bobby Kennedy that they most admired, it was first that he was tough. Second, he told the truth and third, he stood up for the little guy.