I actually think sadness and darkness can be very beautiful and healing.

The words of kindness are more healing to a drooping heart than balm or honey.

Healing yourself is connected with healing others.

I've directed seven movies and know a thing or two about dealing with unexpected crises.

I think as an American society when we're paying too many taxes or dealing with war we don't want to see sad things at the movies.

I think that's what distinguishes Schmidt really. In the movies now so much of what is appealing to an audience is the dramatic or has to do with science fiction and Schmidt is simply human. There's no melodrama there's no device It's just about a human being.

'The Panorama' is also the last place anywhere in New York where the World Trade Center still stands whole as it stood in the early morning of September 11. I can also see the corner where I saw the first tower fall and howled out loud. Seeing the buildings again here is uplifting healing.

That is why the analogy of stealing does not work. With a thief we want to know how much money he stole and from whom. With the artist it is not how much he took and from whom but what he did with it.

Being a woman is a terribly difficult task since it consists principally in dealing with men.

He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.