I didn't want it to be a book that made pronouncements.

Since then, I have just read and read - but, that said, I suppose there is a raft of writers to whom I return again and again, not so much because I want to write like them, even if I were capable of it, but simply for a sort of stylistic shot in the arm.

If you ever want something badly, let it go. If it comes back to you, then it's yours forever. If it doesn't, then it was never yours to begin with.

I grew up with the mindset that when you get home from work, you go to dinner and watch a movie. I don't want to be going to a club and taking off my panties.

You have to look out for becoming trapped in a place where people want to see you all the time doing one thing.

I've received a lot of positive feedback from both the secular and Christian markets. People seem to be receiving it with open arms and hearts, and are interested in the stories I want to share about my relationship with God and my faith.

We are the only school in America, drama school in America that trains actors, writers and directors side by side for three years in a master's degree program, and we want them - to expose them to everything.

We all want more information available when making health care decisions for ourselves and our families.

I'm leaving because I want to spend more time with my wife in Chicago.

I know when I go to a movie I want to experience something, whether to laugh, to cry, to feel bad.

I want to touch the heart of the world and make it smile.

I want to make a film about a factory worker.

Whatever story you want to tell, tell it at the right size.

I'm not an education expert, and frankly I don't want to make education decisions for our state. But I am experienced at successfully managing organizations, and putting people on a path where they can succeed.

Sex is the best high. It's better than any drug. I want to die making love because it feels so good.