"Happiness isn't happiness unless there's a violin-playing goat."

"My boyfriend keeps telling me I've got to own things. So, first I bought this car. And then he told me I oughta get a house. 'Why a house?' 'Well, you gotta have a place to park the car.'"

"Making movies is not rocket science. It's about relationships and communication and strangers coming together to see if they can get along harmoniously, productively, and creatively. That's a challenge. When it works, it's fantastic and will lift you up. When it doesn't work, it's almost just as fascinating."

"You know it's love when all you want is that person to be happy, even if you're not part of their happiness."

"Great leaders cultivate leaders, not merely followers. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds."

"The stoutest timber is forged in the fiercest gales, not in the sheltered grove. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"When you master your attention, you master your entire perception of reality. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition."