Prudence, patience, labor, valor; these are the stars that rule the career of mortals.
Women tend to reinvest their proceeds in one another, in their communities, in their children.
Our nation must engage with the rest of the world. But to be successful, we must listen. Our interaction with the world must be a conversation, not a monologue. . . these exchanges are a strategic pillar of our nation's public diplomacy.
I think Woody Allen is pretty much of a genius. I'm thinking of filmmakers every century or two, but I've never had the luck to meet them. People who create their absolutely own world and are totally inimitable.
The most important pathological effects of pollution are extremely delayed and indirect.
I think more and more scientists are becoming convinced that it's very likely that life forms of some kind exist all around the universe not so far from us.
I'm starting to teach now: I teach in the graduate film program at NYU and next year I'm going to be teaching at Los Angeles at the film program and English program at UCLA.