Everything that is truly worthwhile - I think passion is involved in your approach to it. No matter what it is.

Stay humble. Always answer your phone - no matter who else is in the car.

If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball.

No matter how successful you get, always send the elevator back down.

Failure seldom stops you. What stops you is the fear of failure.

Anything truly worthwhile does not come easy. If it did, it would not be all that worthwhile.

It's hard enough to write a good drama, it's much harder to write a good comedy, and it's hardest of all to write a drama with comedy. Which is what life is.

If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable.

Success is always somebody else's opinion of you; but it doesn't amount to a damn compared to your own opinion of yourself.

I have lost someone I loved as a brother, as a closest friend, and a remarkable human being. We have also lost one of the best damn actors we'll ever see.

If you've been fortunate enough to live out your dream in the profession of your choice, then you have an obligation to send the elevator back down.

As we go through life we gradually discover who we are, but the more we discover, the more we lose ourselves.

Dialogue teaches you to listen through your emotions, not to become distracted or distanced from the truth because of them.

Sometimes it is only in our darkest hours that we show our true colours in life.

Life isn’t about been brave but doing what you have to do to survive”.

I believe in 'Positives' not Negatives the only thing about Alcohol I'm Powerless over is those Damn Taxes

Unless I'm writing in the Igbo language, I use a language developed elsewhere, which is English. That affects the way I write. It even affects to some extent the stories I write.

The one that came really easy was the Japanese lover, because he's like a ghost in the book. He's always in the background like a spirit, like a shadow, almost. There's a very delicate line there.

Not to mention the CIA which should be, I think, dissolved, it's of no use - a great source of mischief - I don't see any point to the FBI.

Millions and millions of people are proud gun owners, and they do it responsibly and by the law.

People go through three conversions: The conversion of their head, their heart, and their pocketbook. Unfortunately, not all at the same time.