History is full of examples of men with deep-seated grievances who embraced good causes, in part at least, to settle old scores.

Things don't happen for a reason, we make reasons out of things that happen.

To feel valued to know even if only once in a while that you can do a job well is an absolutely marvelous feeling.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

A certain amount of anger doesn't make us less empathetic, less humane, less loving. It just makes us real.

I am now going from a prison to a palace: I have finished my work, and am now going to receive my wages.

It's just lovely to be involved in a movie that does go back to the basics - characters and great writing.

A lot of people write books not at the end of their career. Why you gotta wait until then? When you're momentum's going, that's when people really want to get to know about you.

Do you know how painful it is to tell someone you love him and not hear him say it back?

One man pins me to the wall, while with another I walk among the stars

Fear is nothing more than a mental monster you have created, a negative stream of consciousness