Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.—Samuel Beckett, Worstward Ho (1983)

All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

It's so easy to laughIt's so easy to hateIt takes guts to be gentle and kind

I don't love comedy but I can watch someone who's kind of interesting forever. I think a waitress who's having a bad day is a lot more fun than Robin Williams doing forty minutes of material.

The actual work of recording a record or making a film just requires that you consciously block the time out to do that and nothing else. That's what I do.

A clear conscience is, for me, an occupied conscience-never empty-the conscience of a man at work until his last breath.

From a very early age, I've had to interrupt my education to go to school.

Allegiance, after all, has to work two ways; and one can grow weary of an allegiance which is not reciprocal.

America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity. That part of America which had encouraged them most had advanced most rapidly in population, agriculture and the arts.

We often wait for the resources before we make a move.

He knows not when to be silent who knows not when to speak.

I'm never sure what's coming next, but I'm an open minded person and I welcome any challenge.