I also make movies that can be seen on a small screen, as I shoot on digital video. Hopefully they can be seen small and can live like that.

You must always be prepared to place a bet on yourself, on your future, by heading in a direction that others seem to fear.

Never waste valuable time, or mental peace of mind, on the affairs of others—that is too high a price to pay.

True genius, in strategy or anywhere, lies in self-control, self-mastery, presence of mind, fluidity of thought.

Mastery is not a function of genius or talent. It is a function of time and intense focus applied to a particular field of knowledge.

Mistakes and failures are precisely your means of education. They tell you about your own inadequacies.

Be Royal in your Own Fashion: Act like a King to be treated

It is in fact the height of selfishness to merely consume what others create and to retreat into a shell of limited goals and immediate pleasures.

The world wants to assign you a role in life. And once you accept that role you are doomed.

Lord, protect me from my friends; I can take care of my enemies.

No moment is wasted if you pay attention and learn the lessons contained in every experience.

As it turns out, we don't "all" have to pay our debts. Only some of us do.

You just can't wake up out of bed and think you can figure out a gym. You definitely need some personal training.

Concord's little arch does not span all our fate, nor is what transpires under it law for the universe.

We are nowhere forbidden to laugh.

This is a writer’s lesson: To learn that the sounds that we imagine can be the clearest, loudest sounds of all.

If America leads a blessed life, then why did God put all of our oil under people who hate us?

The multitude of books is a great evil. There is no limit to this fever for writing.

As long as there's one person to believe it, there's no story that can't be true.

You never know what's going on in somebody's mind. There's a lot of pressure on someone growing up. You have to watch it.

Fire and fear, good servants, bad lords.