Scriptwriting is the toughest part of the whole racket... the least understood and the least noticed.

My advice to young film-makers is this: don't follow trends, start them!

In our film profession you may have Gable's looks, Tracy's art, Marlene's legs or Liz's violet eyes, but they don't mean a thing without that swinging thing called courage.

Compassion is a two way street.

Film is one of the three universal languages, the other two: mathematics and music.

Whenever a situation develops to its extreme, it is bound to turn around and become its opposite.

A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.

I made mistakes in drama. I thought drama was when actors cried. But drama is when the audience cries.

Don't follow trends, start trends.

Scriptwriting is the toughest part of the whole racket... the least understood and the least noticed.

If you want to send a message, try Western Union.

The things I write are for those who are willing to accept a new relationship between the reader and the author.

Reading takes me to a different place than my everyday life. I usually get fully involved in what I'm reading about, so it's a great escape.

Growing up, the dream was to be on Broadway. I always loved theater.

I've run into some S.O.B. directors, but I gave them back as good as I got.

I know what's funny, and I probably know the best way to deliver the joke. Whether it's walking out of a room, facing that way, facing this way. I just have a sense of that.

A lot of times I can across as too masculine to men, and they couldn't handle me, they stayed away.

We can't deny that films have a bigger reach. After the popularity of the 'Slumdog Millionaire,' a lot of people started reading Vikas Swarup's 'Q & A'. From a business sense, films are a good tool to increase the number of readers.

If I were still twenty years old, I would really move to America.

I really got tired of it all. I was angry about the johns.

I don't expect the U.S. and China to get into a trade war simply because I think there are good people on both sides who realize that that's not in either economy's interest.

We can find our voice in the world again: a voice that is commensurate with the fifth-biggest economy on Earth.

Staring down hard truth takes guts.

The most important question in the world is, 'Why is the child crying?'

The operation of the Church is entirely set up for the sinner which creates much misunderstanding among the smug.

It is not a fun process to run full-tilt toward guys who are running toward you full-tilt.

And I think that's why I was going to be a musician. I was very rebellious. And I didn't want to be an actor. My father used to say to me you should be an actor if you want to be in the arts.

If you are against yourself, you will never reach your highest potential. And when you criticize yourself, you're criticizing God.

The Teacher provides Spiritual Energy Just like roots provide nutrients to the flowers

Focus more on your desire than on your doubt, and the dream will take care of itself. You may be surprised at how easily this happens. Your doubts are not as powerful as your desires, unless you make them so.

The violence done us by others is often less painful than that which we do to ourselves

Justice Scalia is predictable. He can be counted on to come down with a conservative opinion, and generally, to bring Justice Clarence Thomas with him.

Capitalism is not an economic system but a world outlook or rather a part of a whole world outlook.

Rumors, stories... I'm used to them. I got my ribs removed, I was on 'The Wonder Years'... You know there's a different story every day.

I totally alienated some reporters as I retreated.