But when I looked at a lot of the questions they had on them army tests, I just didn't know the answers. I don't even know how to start after finding the answers. That's all.

If my mind can conceive it, if my heart can believe it, then I can achieve it.

You could be the world's best garbage man, the world's best model; it don't matter what you do if you're the best.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

Rest but never quit. Even the sun has a sinking spell each evening. But it always rises the next morning. At sunrise, every soul is born again.

Religion should not be allowed to come into Politics....Religion is merely a matter between man and God.

I do not believe in taking the right decision, I take a decision and make it right.

Don't count the days, make the days count.

There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a great competition and rivalry between the two. There is a third power stronger than both, that of the women.

Even the greatest was once a beginner. Don't be afraid to take that first step.

Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision.

I was a million percent in love with Edward Scissorhands. I remember looking in the mirror on the last day of shooting... and thinking how sad I was to be saying goodbye to Edward.

How do you solve a mystery? How do you write a book? The techniques for starting both are surprisingly similar. Find an intriguing question and, pen and dagger tucked under cloak, search for clues.

I started writing songs when I started learning guitar.

Though I was excited about the Sojourner Truth play, it was not reassuring to think that my entire future might depend on the success of that one show.

Show me a character whose life arouses my curiosity, and my flesh begins crawling with suspense.

We touch other people's lives simply by existing.

President Obama vowed in his State of the Union address to make assisting domestic manufacturers a top priority for his second term.

These are times of action. Men think and then act; sometimes, indeed, they simply act.

I love smashing stuff.

If a man loved me, I would have talked myself into loving him, and I would have loved him very deeply after a while.