"Sensitivity and money are like parallel lines. They don't meet."

"I have a lot of repression. So repression is what I make movies about."

"I'm actually living my life with the material I choose to work with."

"My father was the center of the family, and everyone tried to please him."

"The measure of intelligence is the ability to change."

"States are as the men, they grow out of human characters."

"Strength does not come from winning, but from knowing that every challenge is an invitation to grow stronger."

"In Britain, like most of the developed world, stem-cell research is regarded as a great opportunity. America will be left behind if it doesn't change policy."