The story is a testament to the consolations that get me through and give meaning to every area of my life.

[Constant curiousity leads to happiness:] I wake up curious every day and every day I'm surprised by something. And if I can just recognize that surprise every day and say, 'Oh, that's a new thing, that's a new gift that I got today that I didn't even know about yesterday,' it keeps me going. It keeps me more than going. It keeps me enthusiastic and grateful!

Curiosity may have killed the cat, but it saved my ass.

Pain is temporary, film is forever.

If one of my kids reads a book for school and I can have a conversation with her about the book and I sense that she gets what the book is about, then it doesn't really matter to me if she gets an A on the paper.

My whole life, meeting people is like a blind date, because I feel like they've already seen the video on me.

One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered.