The Kurds in Iraq just don't have enough military equipment - they also need humanitarian relief.

What an unappealing responsibility that is to lumber any prospective lover with: the need to be a saviour, not simply an equal partner.

I don't need the fame or power.

Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.

Whatever it is that you are doing as an actor, if it frightens you, if you're scared of it, you need to do it.

Automobiles are fun and exciting. We need them. They are a part of our lives.

Major writing is to say what has been seen, so that it need never be said again.

Young writers need to be encouraged to write - just write - with no restrictions on form, style or content.

Once you've agreed the script, you must be willing to go as far as it needs to go on set.

C is a passing grade. You don't need straight A's to be a scientist, despite what you may have heard.

One of the things that a president needs in the face of genocide is resolve.

If a player wants to be the best, then they also need to give themselves a talking-to. You need to look inwards.

I'm an established fighter, not a fighter who needs steady progression.

I don't need a job. I don't want an appointment. I don't want to be on a commission. I don't want to be ambassador to nowhere.

I would like to have as much going on as other people do, but my problem is I get so attached to things, and there's my kids, and I need my sleep, and then there's being married - gotta check in on that, too.

I do think that's so much a part of what being a director is - in working with actors - to really try and be sensitive to what each actor needs to get to where he wants to be.

True as the needle to the pole, Or as the dial to the sun.

The more important the subject and the closer it cuts to the bone of our hopes and needs, the more we are likely to err in establishing a framework for analysis.

During a public health crisis, families, seniors, and veterans need to have reliable access to their doctors and caregivers.

There's no prerequisites to worthiness. You're born worthy, and I think that's a message a lot of women need to hear.