“The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rew...” — Helen Keller Quote

“The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome. The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse.”

“Happiness does not come from without, it comes from within”

“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.”

“People don’t like to think, if one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.”

“What I am looking for is not out there, it is in me.”

“Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all - the apathy of human beings.”

“There is no winning or losing, but rather the value is in the experience of imagining yourself as a character in whatever genre you're involved in, whether it's a fantasy game, the Wild West, secret agents or whatever else. You get to sort of vicariously experience those things.”

“I think there's something about the Irish experience - that we had to have a sense of humor or die.”

“Ron allowed us to see right away the private piece of a person about to become very public. I suspect we're going to see more of her very private world - Laura's private experience. I'm not sure yet how public she's going to be about the actions she's going to have to take.”

“We Need To Talk About Kevin,' as an adaptation, was pretty major. It's a long book, and it's in letters, so it was a real editing experience to boil that down and make it cinematic. I learned a lot doing that film.”

“That's what I love about songwriting. It's why I've been obsessed with Joni Mitchell forever. You can place yourself right in the moment that she's in, and it makes you feel very close to her as an artist. Feeling like you know someone through their writing strengthens your relationship to all their future music, in my experience.”