I continue to develop some things for myself and also take advantage of good parts as they come along.

Work hard and figure out how to be useful and don't try to imitate anybody else's success. Figure out how to do it for yourself with yourself.

'May the Force be with you' is charming but it's not important. What's important is that you become the Force - for yourself and perhaps for other people.

I enjoyed carpentry, and it was very good to me for 12 years.

We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.

Really, what are the options? Levi's or Wranglers. And you just pick one. It's one of those life choices.

Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid.

Am I grumpy? I might be. But I think maybe sometimes it's misinterpreted.

You have to have a darkness...for the dawn to come. You have to have experienced difficulties and challenges to fully appreciate and be grateful for success.

I think what a lot of action movies lose these days, especially the ones that deal with fantasy, is you stop caring at some point because you've lost human scale.

I wanted to live the life, a different life. I didn't want to go to the same place every day and see the same people and do the same job. I wanted interesting challenges.

I never understood, what a starving artist was until I became one.

By the law of nature, there is no pleasure in suffering; but divine love, when it reigns in a heart, makes it take delight in its sufferings.

Nobody sets the rules but you. You can design your own life.

Why are old maps always burnt?

But if you're looking to be spooked by really tall trees then you've got to go to Washington State.

Some say that Cusk has no sense of humour, but expecting giggles from this writer would be akin to expecting sonnets from Benny Hill.

I prefer to go to the little towns now, because in little towns people are kind. I like going to Tepotzlán.

Everyone feels loss and love and laughter. That's what connects humanity. It's why I love Shakespeare.

People recognize something's going to happen, and they'd better get ready.