"We didn't care if we were well-liked as long as the movies were good. We served the movie - that was our master at Miramax. In our second incarnation, the movie is still the master but we're getting the same results in more subtle ways."

"I never make a movie for awards consideration. I will use the hope of getting an Academy Award a) to honor the people who work so hard and also b) it's the greatest Good Housekeeping seal in the world. It's the greatest brand. It's as good as Louis Vuitton and Dior in the world of moviemaking. It's the Super Bowl."

"I just finished my homework fast, I was bored to death. There wasn't 500 channels so there was a thing for a librarian to teach a kid like me about reading. I started reading early and I read all the time, because I love it."

"Audiences want to see intelligent movies."

"Energy directed with unwavering focus can bend the arc of destiny. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"I've been reckless, but I'm not a rebel without a cause."

"It is a steadfast truth that patience is not passive waiting; it is active endurance with a calm countenance."

"It is a humble truth that peace of heart is the greatest luxury life can bestow upon the mortal traveler — an essential principle for the reflective life."