Forgiveness really is so misunderstood, as well as the power it can release in an individual.

My nemesis - my downfall, if you will - was relationships, and trying to fulfill them.

Happiness can be just as contagious as misery.

You would not want to be responsible for someone else's happiness, so please do not hold someone else responsible for yours!

When a person goes into a relationship emotionally needy, they are not going to have discernment in choosing people.

Forgiveness isn't about condoning what has happened to you or someone else's actions against you.

Very few cinematographers, other than the Europeans, know how to light women like they used to in the old days.

Why is it that people think staying in a bad relationship is better than being single? Don't they know that being single is the first step to finding a great relationship?

We all have human emotions that rob our lives.

A lot of people got lost in Hollywood while trying to become a star. They lost themselves.

One of the biggest favors that you can do for yourself is to accept your loved ones for who they are, and not be constantly disappointed because they are not who you think they should be.

Life comes and goes. …If you know that, you know it all.

The definition of definition is at bottom just what the maxim of pragmatism expresses.

I've always been intrigued by the power of secrets. When is it justifiable to keep them from the ones we love? And does keeping them irrevocably change who we are?

I'm of the mind that your private life is private and you don't need to put everything out there about yourself - but on there, I describe myself as a citizen of the world, a man of music.

Hatched in the same nest.

Every thought and every word you speak is an affirmation. So why not choose to use only positive affirmations to create an exceptional life? I know you can do it!

Novels seem to exist because of this need to know and connect, and so story becomes charged with necessity.

If you want to be rich, you need to develop your vision. You must be standing on the edge of time gazing into the future.

Action is the 'bridge' between the inner world and the outer world.

I'm so critical of my own work that it's difficult for me to disassociate myself and watch it as an audience.