"You cannot look up at the night sky on the Planet Earth and not wonder what it's like to be up there amongst the stars. And I always look up at the moon and see it as the single most romantic place within the cosmos."

"As long as you as an individual... can convince yourself that in order to move forward as best you can you have to be optimistic, you can be described as 'one of the faithful,' one of those people who can say, 'Well, look, something's going to happen! Let's just keep trying. Let's not give up."

"At the end of the day it's got to be a good movie, it's got to be a funny movie, and it's got to make people think, 'Hey, I couldn't have spent my time any better.'"

"If you look at romantic comedies as pieces of commerce, the audience is looking for wish fulfillment."

"The Bible is literature, not dogma."

"It is a profound truth that fear will knock at every door; only those with resolved hearts refuse to let it enter — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"In fact, my courage and my bravery at a young age was the thing I was bullied for, a kind of 'Who do you think you are?'"

"Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism."