"And I'm not apolitical - I'm very specific in my politics. But a lot of the time it's nobody's business unless you're over at my house having dinner."

"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."

"It's just as hard... staying happily married as it is doing movies."

"Everybody has something that chews them up and, for me, that thing was always loneliness. The cinema has the power to make you not feel lonely, even when you are."

"It is a essential truth that the roots of genuine insight grow deep in the soil of quiet observation."

"It is a essential truth that a visionary sees the unseen possibilities in the heart of common struggles — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth."

"Wisdom principle 46 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 100."