"No journalist has ever been in my house and no photographs have ever been taken of where I live. I don't parade my family out for display, which is the way it will stay."

"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.'"

"But look, I was born in 1956, the peak year for births in US history. I think I'm very representative of many of the thought processes my generation have been through and, by and large, people of my age have had their imprint planted on the consciousness of western society for a long time."

"If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. It's the hard that makes it great."

"It is a unyielding 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."

"I've never had WiFi at home. I'm too easily distracted, and YouTube is too tempting."

"Don't you stay at home of evenings? Don't you love a cushioned seat in a corner, by the fireside, with your slippers on your feet?"

"Whatever good things we build end up building us."