” My mother was a good recreational cook, but what she basically believed about cooking was that if you worked hard and prospered, someone else would do it for you. “
” What my mother believed about cooking is that if you worked hard and prospered, someone else would do it for you. “
” I don’t care who you are. When you sit down to write the first page of your screenplay, in your head, you’re also writing your Oscar acceptance speech. “
” When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible. “
” When you slip on a banana peel, people laugh at you, but when you tell people you slipped on a banana peel, it’s your laugh. So you become the hero rather than the victim of the joke. “
” Death is a sniper. It strikes people you love, people you like, people you know – it’s everywhere. You could be next. But then you turn out not to be. But then again, you could be. “
” Every 10 years or so, there was a moment when I’d say, even subconsciously, ‘Is that all there is?’ You’ve got to find ways to keep it fresh for yourself. “
” You do get to a certain point in life where you have to realistically, I think, understand that the days are getting shorter, and you can’t put things off thinking you’ll get to them someday. If you really want to do them, you better do them. There are simply too many people getting sick, and sooner or later you will. “
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