The attacks of September 11th were intended to break our spirit. Instead we have emerged stronger and more unified.
I think any time you've got a story based on a true story, no matter how accurate it is, obviously it's still fictitious.
Someone is going to win and someone is going to lose. That's also what happens in almost every movie - someone is going to win and someone is going to lose.
Somebody might say that they always wanted to be a fly-fishing guide in Montana and maybe they'll never get to do that but just by the virtue of having said it out loud, I think there's some power in that.
You set out to tell a good story. You don't do it because there is a deep message involved because the movie is almost always bad when you do that.
A good deed is a good deed.
I'm not only a writer, but have directed and produced, know the difficulties of the line producer, can deal with the studio, can talk with the director and get his or her vision and help exact that. I think it just gives you more tools.
Boy, you gotta be real sick to get this much attention.
We've lost touch and allowed technology to take precedence over organic nature. But let's not forget that those microchips in our computers came from elements of the earth.
I hope that I can turn some of my fans that might be homophobic or supporters that might be homophobic and say, "You know what, we're all one people. This is love. "
The things that matter most are not things.