Directing was a transformative experience for me, one that I really enjoyed.

Just remember, you can do anything you set your mind to, but it takes action, perseverance, and facing your fears.

I believe people are in our lives for a reason. We're here to learn from each other.

People generally treat me like I'm very intelligent and really, I'm much less intelligent than she is. Scully is insanely intelligent.

I hope everyone that is reading this is having a really good day. And if you are not, just know that in every new minute that passes you have an opportunity to change that.

Let's stop being so damn judgemental & crucifying everyone who doesn't fit into our boxed-in perceptions of what is right.

I was a good liar as a child.

Well, it seems to me that the best relationships-the ones that last-are frequently the ones that are rooted in friendship.

I wouldn't say I'm normal. But I'm relatively stable. When I think of normal, I think of mediocrity, and mediocrity scares the f--- out of me.

I truly believe that we can overcome any hurdle that lies before us and create the life we want to live. I have seen it happen time and time again.

It is not a matter of being fearless. The fear is sometimes constant, but it's about moving forward regardless of the fear. Courage means feeling the fear and doing it anyway.

The vain man buys to impress, but the REAL man buys to fulfil a need.

Young Cyclopes grow up alone on the streets, learn to make things out of scraps. Learn to survive...makes us appreciate blessings, not be greedy and mean and fat...

The Okavango Delta is an astonishing sight: the great Okavango River, rather than flow towards the sea, flows inland, into the sands of the Kalahari.

Physical comfort has nothing to do with any other comfort.

The troubles came and I saved what I could save. A thread of light, a particle, a wave.

I love failure. It's stuff that I'm thinking about all the time in my life, so it would make sense to me anyway to write about it.

Allow your love to nourish yourself as well as others.

Surfing soothes me, it's always been a kind of Zen experience for me. The ocean is so magnificent, peaceful, and awesome. The rest of the world disappears for me when I'm on a wave.

I want to use television not only to entertain, but to help people lead better lives.

Oh Sleep! it is a gentle thing, beloved from pole to pole, to Mary Queen the praise be given! She sent the gentle sleep from Heaven, that slid into my soul.