Bert's wallet is like an onion. Any time he opens it, he starts crying.

Goals are like bananas, they come in bunches.

Wrapping Christmas presents is tough. Even peeling a Mandarin orange is tough. I have to get my kids to help me.

Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top.

Grass that is here today and gone tomorrow does not require much time to mature. A giant oak tree that lasts for generations requires much more time to grow strong.

I had a hundred and seventeen days in which to convince Will Traynor that he had a reason to live.

How selfish and dark it was to count my blessings based on another's hell

The concept of dignity of labour took people off the street.

Advice is given freely because so much of it is worthless.

The process of discovering who we are and what we are here to do . . . is dependent . . . on our ability to stay positive and to find a silver lining in all events.

You say you're not special because the world doesn't know about you, but that's an insult to me. I know about you.

When I work, I really try to get absorbed in the character. Unless I want to do something playful with the camera, I'm not too worried about where the camera is or positions.

It is astonishing how many mental operations we can explain when we have once grasped the principles of association