“As we realized we had richer, verite kind of people, what we wanted to do is focus in on the verite story.”

A society that feels life is the most precious thing [jars against] a society that prefers death over theft, over loss of pride, over inconvenience, and so much else.

That’s actually a massive step away from his original position, and he’s taking a lot of heat in his world just for being my friend, just for hanging around with me.

These are two people who would never have overlapped in any other way or context.

You probably couldn’t have found much daylight between the NRA and the Disney company.

When I sat there in 1971 and watched my grandfather open Walt Disney World, I was a little 11-year-old girl who worshiped the ground he walked on.

I get very close to people when I’m shooting them. We would go and shoot a scene with Lucy, and I would spend the whole time telling her about Rob.

It’s powerfully important for me as a pro-choice person and person who supports Planned Parenthood to have Rob accept me as not a baby-killing horrible person.

Without high functioning legal systems and a well regulated business environment there would have been no copyright protection for Mickey Mouse.

We brought to the garden at Rob’s office and just sat and watched what unfolded.

Once we got to know each other, we had such similar impulses. We saw in a similar way, and we developed a strong friendship.

There are very few people who have committed more to the pro-life discourse than Rob has. He’s spent time in jail. He has really lived it.

They probably would’ve had had identical demographics for the people who really loved those companies.

I’ve taken it from feminist friends, and I’ve taken it from lefty friends too. But that reassures me. If the right is attacking us and the left is attacking us, that’s exactly where we want to be.

He has committed everything he’s had to it. If in fact he believes that every human life was sacred, I knew that if he had his conscious awakened

Conservative values aren’t really reflected in the radical values of the NRA. And the other idea was that the NRA is not what you think it is

My advice to female directors is not to wait until you feel like your ideas have been pre-certified or until you think you’ve gotten some approval for them.

I don’t look at myself as a designer; I’m focused on music.

What you create is what you get, so focus.

Changing the big picture takes time.. and the best things to do is focus on the things that we can make in our lives if we’re doing all that. That becomes the collage of real change

It’s so hard for me to focus on things for a long time that I’m not incredibly passionate about.

I try to just focus in on being in the same routine every single day.

For leaders, the humility to admit and own mistakes and develop a plan to overcome them is essential to success. The best leaders are not driven by ego or personal agendas. They are simply focused on the mission and how best to accomplish it.

Don’t be afraid. Be focused. Be determined. Be hopeful. Be empowered.

Focus on what you can control. Be a good person every day. Vote. Read. Treat one another kindly. Follow the law. Don’t tweet nasty stuff.