I'll squeeze the cider out of your adam's apple.

We're not nearly as violent as the westerns.

Only fools are positive.

I'll squeeze the cider out of your adam's apple.

I used to stand outside the theater knowing the truant officer was looking for me. I would stand there 'til someone came along and then ask them to buy my ticket.

I envy the dead.

As a producer, I probably am a little stronger than most, since I was a director originally.

Follow your bliss and let the magic of life happen.

My mother was a personal friend of God's. They had ongoing conversations.

No matter how much pressure you feel at work, if you could find ways to relax for at least five minutes every hour, you'd be more productive.

From abundance springs satiety.

Normally when I work with bands I'm trying to refine and improve what's already there.

That first writing session, what Dan Hill calls a creative blind date, is always a real challenge, and you bring that back to your partner when you return to writing with them.

In art, at a certain level, there is no 'better than.' It's just about trying to operate for yourself on the most supreme level, artistically, that you can and hoping that people get it. Trusting that, just because of the way people are built and how interconnected we are, greatness will translate and symmetry will be recognised.

Shakespeare and Co dedicates itself to a shared, heady and outdated ideal that is scarce in our protective and fearful age.

Many of us think that compassion drains us, but I promise you it is something that truly enlivens us.

I love discussing social issues, but I'm not interested in scare tactics. I believe there is a way to bring awareness in tandem with forgiveness and love.

We tend to be more environmental at home than at work, regardless of the industry we're in.

When people talk about my weight, I'm like, 'You seem to have a problem with it; I don't.'

Most faults are not in our Constitution, but in ourselves.

Some of the regrets I've had about my own career are things I have not done that I should have done. More than some of the things that I've done.

My talents fall within definite limitations. I am not as versatile an actress as some think.

It can't be bad having a mother who is fulfilled by her work.

I don't want to sound smug but I am reasonably satisfied with how it's gone. I think it's fine.

I used to always want a boy, and when I had a girl, I thought I wasn't going to like it, but I love having a girl.

The planet's survival has become so uncertain that any effort, any thought that presupposes an assured future amounts to a mad gamble.

When I see what I want, I do it.

True, you have worked hard for many years. But you must aspire until the end. There is no such thing as a pension in the spiritual life.

It's a privilege to be able to be involved with people as talented as the people I've had the luck to work with, and it's just been a great experience for me, and I'm glad that so many of the films I've had the luck to do were films that could be enjoyed by families together.