Focus on the moment, not the monsters that may or may not be up ahead.

The obstacle in the path becomes the path. Never forget, within every obstacle is an opportunity to improve our condition.

Where the head goes, the body follows. Perception precedes action. Right action follows the right perspective.

Bad companies are destroyed by crisis. Good companies survive them. Great individuals, like great companies, find a way to transform weakness into strength.

You know what’s better than building things up in your imagination? Building things up in real life.

There is no good or bad without us, there is only perception. There is the event itself and the story we tell ourselves about what it means.

Conning the conmen is one of life’s most satisfying pleasures.

What is known can't jerk us around unwittingly. Before anything can be resolved, the implicit must be made into the explicit.

Discipline in perception lets you clearly see the advantage and the proper course of action in every situation—without the pestilence of panic or fear.

The most powerful predictor of what spreads online is anger.

Dollar for dollar there is no better investment in the world than a book

Going to sleep is an adventure: you never know where your dreams will take you.

Some people help thousands of people directly, like Marie Curie or Susan B. Anthony. Others help us by inspiring us, like Amelia Earhart. But you do have to help someone.

I think you're all mad. But that's part and parcel of being an artistic genius, isn't it?

He opened a window in my heart, and the light of the world shined in.

I don't like people," said Velvet. "... I only like horses.

I never want to make a movie which is going to be CG filled, cold, and computerized.

I have the street smarts and survival skills of, like, a poodle.

I'd love to have my own TV show, in the way that Julianna Margulies has 'The Good Wife,' or a lovely ensemble show, like 'Six Feet Under.'

People say I am against Darwin. That is ridiculous.

My first film was with Cuba Gooding Jr, 'The Fighting Temptations,' and I had a little part here and there on little shows as guest stars. And I've taken acting classes.