I don't have too much time to jam with the rest of Hollywood.

35 million people in the U.S. are hungry or don't know where their next meal is coming from, and 13 million of them are children. If another country were doing this to our children, we'd be at war.

Live like you're already dead, man. Have a good time. Do your best. Let it all come ripping right through you.

If you change partners every time it gets tough or you get a little dissatisfied, then I don't think you get the richness that's available in a long-term relationship.

It's not enough just to treat women well. We have to work to make sure all men treat women well.

It's a wonderful metaphor, catching a wave, for how you can look at other challenges in your life.

Poverty is a very complicated issue, but feeding a child isn't.

My wife holds the kite strings that let me go 'weeeeeee', then she reels me back in.

I've had really great experiences working with first-time directors. They come at filmmaking with fresh ideas. I've been very lucky that way.

Everyone I meet is in my sangha. I don't know if that's the proper definition, but that's the way I'm going to hold it in my mind.

You've got to take care of yourself on the path, not just when you cross the goal line, because don't forget, wherever you are, that's the goal line.

People hate what they fear.

You can give up your present dream provided that you have created a new dream and especially a better one!

Patriotism has nothing to do with Conservatism. It is actually the opposite of Conservatism, since it is a devotion to something that is always changing and yet is felt to be mystically the same.

A blind man in a dark room - looking for a black hat which isn't there.

A shady friend for torrid days Is easier to find Than one of higher temperature For frigid hour of mind.

A name is a solemn thing.

I need a stimulating environment to write because my books are driven at 100 miles per hour at a time.

War makes monsters out of men.

The inner circle of pure mathematicians will respond to the book with delight.

I've just tried to grow up in the most natural and gradual process that I possibly can and make choices I feel are right for me and my fans.