"It's time to say goodbye, but I think goodbyes are sad and I'd much rather say hello. Hello to a new adventure."

"Baseball is a rookie, his experience no bigger than the lump in his throat as he begins fulfillment of his dream."

"I've found that if you wear a beret, people think you're either a cabdriver or a producer of dirty movies."

"I have a great faith in God and Jesus."

"To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float."

"I find I like to work with a lot of the same actors, because I find that there's sort of shorthand there, and there is this unspoken trust, both ways. They trust me and I trust them. And I know what I'm going to get from them, to an extent. It's just fun, kind of creating this little family."

"President Bush offers the American people an optimistic vision and a clear choice in November. The President has provided steady leadership in remarkably changing times. He knows exactly where he wants to lead this country, and he has complete confidence in the American people."

"Buying a car used to be an experience so soul-scorching, so confidence-splattering, so existentially rattling that an entire car company was based on the promise that you wouldn't have to come in contact with it."