Our future is our sense of common destiny.
Purpose directs passion and passion ignites purpose.
Being willing makes you able.
Where you begin doesn't matter. Your willingness to start is what counts.
If you value yourself, you understand that you are a gift to anyone you meet.
Let go of what you think life should be so you can experience the life you have.
Each precious moment of your life in which you are frozen with fear is a moment when you are not being all you can be. In the end, that hurts more than anything. Succeeding or failing does not determine if we are surviving or living. Rather it is in our ability to reach beyond our present self-imposed definition of who we are, and to risk becoming more, that we are able to feel fully alive.
I was 12 when I did 'Super 8,' and when Dakota was 12, she did 'War of the Worlds. ' Steven Spielberg was involved with both movies, so we both worked with Steven when we were 12.
God to me is the universe unfolding.
Don't ask your customers what they want. This rule is based on the view that they probably don't know. You have to fully understand them, the context for their needs and their major dissatisfactions.
I optioned a book called "Rare Objects" by Kathleen Tessaro and I'm adapting it. It takes place in the 1930s and it's about two women and that's what I'm working on to direct.