The choice of moves should not be made on an exact verdict of the final position, but on whether or not your position has improved or worsened.
When I went to shoot the film I was very nervous. I kept telling myself, "This is it. This is what you've wanted, this is the real deal. Now you've gotta do your thing. You've gotta put all of you in this and hopefully they'll like you." And for people to say it's impressive and "You're so natural", I mean, it's the best feeling in the world. I feel like hard work, you know, payed off.
What’s the good of being true to your religion on the outside, if you don’t change what’s on the inside, were it really counts?
Some people are uncomfortable with gays, but your discomfort with my sexuality should not translate into me having less rights as an American.
The experience I had seeing Star Wars for the first time was mind-blowing. Eleven is a great age to have your mind blown.
If you don’t set your writing — and teaching — at a level that makes them stretch, they are never going to develop their intellectual muscle.
Pay attention to your students. Hear what they say, try to find out what their capacities are, what make sense to them. Adapt what you are doing and saying to those capacities, but make your students stretch upward.
