A diagnosis is burden enough without being burdened by secrecy and shame.

My goal is to see that mental illness is treated like cancer.

There might be false starts and do-overs.You are entitled to experiment before you find your calling.

I'm not driven by killer ambition. I'm not a workaholic. I'm a good team player. I don't have to be captain, but I do want to play on a winning team.

You cannot look at a sleeping cat and feel tense.

Sometimes it takes the better part of a lifetime to find out what your passion is, but in my observation, if you do, it might be the best part of your life.

Many people come to reinvention when life changes around them, but people come in all different stripes. I'm oriented to change.

The most likely moment for something incredible to happen to me was the moment I was most certain nothing ever would.

New Yorkers, by reputation, are fast-talking, assertive and easily annoyed; I fit right in.

The years after 50 can be a time of great productivity, meaningful work, pleasure, creativity, and innovation. It's a huge opportunity.

Kids learn more from example than from anything you say; I'm convinced they learn very early not to hear anything you say, but to watch what you do.

God arranges everything for us, so that we need have no more fear or trouble and may be quite sure that all things will come right in the end.

The sudden surge of hormones at teenage age will continue to play an important part in the life of young people

Punk rock has never really had much patience with musical virtuosity. Actually, it'd be more accurate to say that for most of its history, punk has been actively hostile to virtuosity.

If you want to be thought a liar, always tell the truth.

From the beginning, the camera and I were great friends. It loves me, and I love it.

There are white n*ggers. I've seen a lot of white n*ggers in my time.

If you want to make a little money, write a book. If you want to make a lot of money, create a religion.

It's one of the things I love about making films: the places I've got to travel that I would never have gone to before.

I do not think of myself as unusually creative. I think we all come from the creator, each human being streaming with the glory. So each one of us is creative.

[Elijah Wood] has got such a broad outlook. It's so much bigger than just the acting industry.