"There is an overwhelming amount of information available to us all on the web each day, not to mention what is shared with us by our family, friends, fans, and followers. This necessitates the need to filter through all that information and to decide for ourselves where to put our attention."

"The essence of creativity is the belief that the beauty of life is found in its imperfections."

"To leave a mark on the world, remember that the greatest battles are fought within."

"A resilient spirit knows that the silence between the notes creates the music."

"It's good to experience Hollywood in short bursts, I guess. Little snippets. I don't think I can handle being here all the time, it's pretty nutty."

"Any time you stop looking at evil as a black and white thing, it's helpful. So the fact that there won't be any obligatory Islamic terrorist stereotypes in movies any more, that'd be helpful."

"What should be the future of Israel? Is the land the most important choice, and for that reason to keep the whole of the land at any cost, or to have a partition and build the Jewish state on part of the land? And the other part?"

"The present moment is the only sanctuary where peace truly resides. Remember this in moments of decisive trial — an essential principle for the reflective life."