Honestly, the most uncomfortable thing for me is my level of incompetence is uncomfortable.

Gratitude is the intention to count-your-blessings every day, every minute, while avoiding, whenever possible, the belief that you need or deserve different circumstances.

Compassion is the intention to see each human being as no better or worse than yourself, neither more nor less important, and as fundamentally similar to yourself.

As a first time director it's interesting, but not all that different from what I did before. A lot of parts of this job seem to be very similar to running a big company.

Marvel does a great job of making their characters human.

Attention is the intention to live without reservation in the here-and-now.

You can resent your bald spot or be glad you have a head

I'm definitely not afraid to be wrong.

I function better in an atmosphere of inner insecurity and fear.

To be on set every day with a whole bunch of people that know their job and my job a lot better than I do and I'm supposed to tell them what to do, that's very uncomfortable and awkward.

I don't want to make a movie for 100,000 fans that nobody else in the world sees, because I don't think that's good for the character.

The wealth of time is greater than the wealth of money

A great attitude toward your approach to an interview—demonstrated by your good posture—is everything.

Doctrine is nothing but the skin of truth set up and stuffed.

I write as a function. Without it I would fall ill and die. It's as much a part of one as the liver or intestine, and just about as glamorous.

For years Don Imus was just - boy, he was merciless in his criticism of me. Maybe it was justified, but that didn't mean it didn't hurt.

After a long, labored sigh, I said, “She was really happy when I got there. I’m pretty sure she was suicidal when I left.” “You do have that effect on people.

Explain to the mothers and fathers of American servicemen that may come home in body bags why their son or daughter have to give up their life?

Yeah, it’s me, but I like to think I looked better when we met. ‘Cause right now, I’m pretty much hogging all the ugly. (Nick)

The typical imperative from biology is not "Thou shalt... ," but "If ... then ... else.

Sometimes I wish my first word was 'quote,' so that on my death bed, my last words could be 'end quote.'