Beating the competition is relatively easy. Beating yourself is a never-ending commitment.

He was easy to talk to, and easy not to talk to—equally important qualities in a friend.

He was easy to talk to, and easy not to talk to-equally important qualities in a friend. Essential in a travel companion.

Business is no more about making money than the human body is about making blood. Yes you need to make the stuff, but only to serve your higher aims.

For some, I realize, business is the all-out pursuit of profits, period, full stop, but for us business was no more about making money than being human is about making blood.

I was head over heels, now I just see my heel in your head

There's beauty everywhere. There are amazing things happening everywhere, you just have to be able to open your eyes and witness it. Some days, that's harder than others.

Dreams should make you think, ‘If I had the guts to do it and I didn’t care what anybody thought, this I what I’d really do’.

I think there's no harm, sometimes, to feel on the edge of things. If you're on the margins you can see a bigger picture. And I actually quite like standing at a peculiar angle to the universe.

Hillary Clinton is totally controlled by Wall Street and all these people that gave her millions.

Coming closer to home, there is so much of jealousy, pride, arrogance, and carping criticism; fathers who rise in anger over small, inconsequential things and make wives weep and children fear.

Poisonous jealousy thrummed through my veins.

Healing is the process of accepting all, then choosing best.

I can say I love working with women. Film is a man's world, and I really appreciate the opportunity to collaborate with women, especially young women.

In books there's nothing of the fish covered in the coldness of the sea, or the feeling of a star touching space. Bad for business.