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It's truly an honor to get to write Superman and Batman and Wonder Woman and all those great people, but when you can take something that's not well thought of and make it something that people do think highly of, that's much more gratifying, I think. ”
My older sister Celia is an actress as well. She's a little bit older than me. So, in my formative years, she was always performing, and we would always go see her do things. And so, that just made me want to be... like her. Maybe if she was an Olympic swimmer, I would probably be an Olympic swimmer by now as well! ”
If the rabble were lopped off at one end and the aristocrats at the other, all would be well with the country. ”
I've always been interested in this idea of looking at these monster stories and trying to really understand the mechanics underneath. That's very much true of this movie I made, 'All Good Things,' as well as 'Catfish,' which I produced. ”
The duty of government is to leave commerce to its own capital and credit as well as all other branches of business, protecting all in their legal pursuits, granting exclusive privileges to none. ”
The elusive truth is that there is nothing stress-producing in the physical world. Things simply are. Molecules move. Light and sound appear. ”
I think it's always interesting to me how we keep secrets from the ones we love the most. You could be so close to someone, but still there was something you can't express, you can't tell them, because it's almost too painful and too hard for you to articulate yourself, because you don't fully understand it. ”
Well, religion has been passed down through the years by stories people tell around the campfire. Stories about God, stories about love. Stories about good spirits and evil spirits. ”
Do things fairly, especially with your children. Girls deserve equal opportunities, especially in getting educated as well as equal sharing in business. ”
In spite of the fact of my dad telling me that if I did well, I could go to the military, I said, 'No, I want to go to college.' ”