Before 'Schindler's List,' I wouldn't have believed movies had a lot of power for social change.

For all of nature's wonder and beauty, it is also hostile and unpredictable.

Every cliche about kids is true they grow up so quickly, you blink and they're gone, and you have to spend the time with them now. But that's a joy.

Before 'Schindler's List,' I wouldn't have believed movies had a lot of power for social change.

But let's just say, I'm Irish. I grew up in the 1950s. Religion had a very tight iron fist.