Education, introspection, self-love and excellence are the only ways to overcome the wrath of ignorance

One of my biggest lessons in life is, we heal at the speed of our forgiveness.

Hollywood is running out of money and in order to keep geetting a third financed, you have to rely on overseas funding, and in order to do that, you have to get recognizable names.

I do not have a daily routine, but each morning, I try to spend an hour in bed, visualizing positive outcomes for my life, health, and career.

I learned early in life that laughter is a great way to diffuse and uncomfortable situation, so I began to use that as a tool, throughout my life.

For my lifestyle, I believe in living 10 times below my means. As a result of that, I have the luxury of working only when I'm inspired.

I'm one of those people for whom success is one thing, but significance is another. If I can have both, I'm living the dream.

Writing a funny story is one thing. But writing a funny story that inspires others to venture beyond their level of comfort in pursuit of their greater good is what makes me come alive.

My experience in the music industry made me very thick-skinned. Your art is something very personal and there's never a shortage of critics when it comes to art.

My goal in life is to bring to the screen really believable depictions that make you think, "Damn, I have to look within myself."

I don't want every fan; I'm interested in fans interested in quality work, authentic archetype depictions.

It would have been so pointless to kill himself that, even if he had wanted to, the pointlessness would have made him unable.

To truly understand poetry one must understand themselves from within one’s self.

Determination is the fuel that propels one to higher virtues.

When you find Fortune favorable, stride boldly forward, for she favors the bold, and being a woman, the young.

You can be fat and still be sexy . It all depends on how you feel about yourself

I believe I belong to the last literary generation, the last generation, that is, for whom books are a religion.

You must see your goals clearly and specifically before you can set out for them. Hold them in your mind until they become second nature.

Flying without feathers is not easy: my wings have no feathers.

The civility of no race can be perfect whilst another race is degraded.

Many persons read and like fiction. It does not tax the intelligence and the intelligence of most of us can so ill afford taxation that we rightly welcome any reading matter which avoids this.