Heroing is one of the shortest-lived professions there is.

Don't let yesterday take up too much of today.

When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.

We think we listen, but very rarely do we listen with real understanding, true empathy. Yet listening, of this very special kind, is one of the most potent forces for change that I know.

Growth occurs when individuals confront problems, struggle to master them, and through that struggle develop new aspects of their skills, capacities, views about life.

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.

As no one else can know how we perceive, we are the best experts on ourselves.

There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.

A person cannot teach another person directly; a person can only facilitate another's learning

We ought to be living as if Jesus died yesterday, rose this morning, and is coming back this afternoon.

The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination.

I am living a simple life with a complicated mind and I have yet to find a state of mind where I feel safe with who I am, where I am, with what I do.

Only those who are aware of God's wrath are amazed by God's grace.

The real zombie-apocalypse is the pandemic of drama and mediocrity.

People who honestly mean to be true really contradict themselves much more rarely than those who try to be 'consistent'.

The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us and I for one must be content to remain agnostic.

If there's one thing I'm good at, it's gathering people together to do something fun.

A typical day for me is I'm writing when I'm not directing.

It makes you famous, you get money from it, you go on and do the best you can, but it really is dreadful that people don't know your name.

So I promise you that this State of the State, like a good pizza, will be delivered in 25 minutes or less.

My character in 'Prison Break' needs to be formidable. In reality, I'm not very tough at all.