“[Henry] James is much more complex than Jane Austen. That’s why it’s not so easy to adapt him.”

Be yourself. Don’t pretend that you know something you don’t.

Speak about the things you really care about.

People expect a nice period piece, but that’s not always the case. There’s a deep human mystery in his work.

The internet creates chaos and a dangerous kind of piracy but makes the viewer much more active and gives the voice to minority players.

Don’t create the appearance of fake authority.

I believe that the internet as an open platform for distribution could be a great chance for the diversity of film production.

I’ll write my secrets in the sand next to driftwood and seashells then let the waves wash them away. Wishing forgetting was that easy. – secrets in the sand.

Doing the easy thing makes you popular. Doing the hard thing makes you a leader.

I let go of all fear and doubt, and life becomes simple and easy for me

I create easily and effortlessly when I let my thoughts come from the loving space of my own heart.

It is only too easy to catch people’s attention by doing something worse than anyone else has dared to do it before.

The rains of Life’s Blessings cannot gather on mountaintops of pride, but flow easily into valleys of humbleness.

I’ve noticed that about your people, Doctor. You find it easier to understand the death of one than the death of a million. You speak about the objective hardness of the Vulcan heart, yet how little room there seems to be in yours.

It’s easy to love yourself when you feel good enough, when you feel special enough, when you’re loved enough, when you have enough money, and you’re appreciated.