As is the case with all original creators, Charles Chaplin's working life was an amalgam of arrogant self-confidence and deflating self-doubt.

There are thousands of causes for stress, and one antidote to stress is self-expression. That's what happens to me every day. My thoughts get off my chest, down my sleeves and onto my pad.

I want everybody to be smart. As smart as they can be. A world of ignorant people is too dangerous to live in.

The best part of one's life is the working part, the creative part. Believe me, I love to succeed... However, the real spiritual and emotional excitement is in the doing.

Amateur feed on hope. Professionals work.

The use of talent is far more important than the possession of talent.

In a professional once engaged, the performance of the job comes first.

Amateurs hope. Professional work.

Whenever I'm asked what college I attended I'm tempted to reply Thornton Wilder'.

In a professional once engaged the performance of the job comes first.

Amateurs hope. Professionals work.

Superficial knowledge breeds arrogance; true knowledge induces humility.

We determine how much influence we'll have, when we decide how available we'll be.

I used to believe I was going to live forever. And then you suddenly become aware that you're not.

Just because we play in the NBA or coach in the NBA doesn't mean we are not human. We are supermen. For me, getting shot is scary.

President Obama has begun a three-state bus tour. I believe the three states are: Confusion, Delusion, and Desperation.

I'm tired of being ruled by the Skull and Bones. The only place they belong are on punk-rock albums!

Harry," Bob drawled, his eye lights flickering smugly, "what you know about women, I could juggle.

Hockey is still my favourite sport. I think that might be part of what makes me successful. I don't live or die by racquetball, so I can detach from it when needed. I'm all about all sports.

I go and see music all the time.

I always wrote; my first story was published in the magazine The American Girl when I was 11