Don't settle for a star when you can have the whole sky.

A genuine smile is one of the world’s rarest treasures.

A fish that is afraid of drowning in a river is ignorant of its gifts.

A diamond earns its sparkle from the pressure it endures.

It is in the storm, not the calm, that a rainbow is born.

A determined seed cannot be hidden from the world, not even by dirt.

Calm skies don't make skillful eagles.

If you cry in the rain, only the sky will see your tears.

Birds keep singing beautiful songs, even if they have no audience.

Today's storms help you appreciate tomorrow’s sunshine.

Train the ears to hear more, the eyes to see more, the hands to do more, the feet to accomplish more, the mind to think more, the heart to feel more, and the soul to love more.

It's good to feel attractive on the outside, but being smart and confident on the inside is what counts.

Anger is so easy to get into and so hard to get out of.

I try to write my own music. It's a good way of de-stressing.

A lawyer's brief will be brief, before a freethinker thinks freely.

Reality is overrated to me. Everyone spends enough time on the computer, eating, going out to bars. Why do I need to read a book about that?

Oh, how precious is time, and how it pains me to see it slide away, while I do so little to any good purpose.

My distinguishing talent is the ability to put people under the microscope, perhaps to go one or two layers farther down than some other directors.

The idea of a good society is something you do not need a religion and eternal punishment to buttress; you need a religion if you are terrified of death.

I hoped, hoped, that maybe I'd be lucky enough to do something on Broadway, in the chorus.

When something exceeds your ability to understand how it works, it sort of becomes magical.