Convictions are the mainsprings of action, the driving powers of life. What a man lives are his convictions.

Love, Imagination and Intuition are the most powerful forces on the planet earth.

It’s not about fancy literary prizes. It’s not about seeming impenetrable or smart or high fallutin. I’m not trying to impress anyone. I am trying to make you feel a story, that’s all.

Many people are angry when they make a mistake, but very few people have the sense to be sorry.

Every idol, however exalted, turns out, in the long run, to be a Moloch, hungry for human sacrifice.

The Most Creative Shortcut to Success Is to Reevaluate What Success Means to You.

I don't rehearse a lot. I try to keep it organic. Even in movies, the less I rehearse, the better I am.

The Warrior knows about the "waterfall effect".

I never take any notice to what common people say, and I never interfere with what charming people do.

However it may be confounded or covered up or counterfeited, this elemental capacity to fight against injustice remains the distinguishing characteristic of human beings.

As a private person I think I am now totally different from Ruud van Nistelrooy the footballer.