"What's sad is that there is an addictive quality to that, to believing your own hype to allowing yourself to become validated by others and no longer by yourself. That's the danger of celebrity."

"I could almost say it is my religion. I guess that sounds pretentious, but I want to live and breathe cinema."

"I'm so critical of myself. I'm actually really, really proud of the film. It's really cool to see a movie at Sundance because everybody is so supportive."

"A constitutional tradition that works is one that is in a constant state of dynamic evolution. You have a written constitution that says 'x,' but no constitutional system works if it just follows what's in that written constitution and never changes. Interpretation gives it the freedom to change."

"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing."

"A sense of blessedness comes from a change of heart, not from more blessings."

"The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity."