I don't sing the way I used to, so I'm doing everything I can to put the word out that they shouldn't expect that.

Feed the body food and drink, it will survive today. Feed the soul art and music, it will live forever.

Use your knowledge, and your heart, to stand up for those who can't stand, speak for those who can't speak, be a beacon of light for those whose lives have become dark.

Leave every place you go, everything you touch, a little better for your having been there.

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

I have always wished I could learn to be a potter. I love collecting ceramics; it would be so fulfilling to create something lovely.

Behaving like a princess is work. It's not just about looking beautiful or wearing a crown. It's more about how you are inside.

Hopefully, I brought people a certain joy. That will be a wonderful legacy.

The anateur works until they get something right. The professional works until they can't go wrong.

It is not enough to reach for the brass ring. You must also enjoy the merry go round.

Sometimes opportunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it.

Around me I saw women overworked and underpaid, doing men's work at half men's wages, not because their work was inferior, but because they were women.

It feels right. But it's emotional. Saying goodbye to anything you've done that long is hard.

I regard remaking a film as creating something again.

Pretty soon, we should see a few large regional blocs dominating global trade. The ones that lower trade barriers faster will grow faster...

My nature is that I have to excite myself with a big challenge.

Did not the artists of the great age of Japanese art change names many times during their careers? I like that; they wanted to safeguard their freedom.

In silent films, quite complex plots are built around action, setting, and the actors gestures and facial expressions, with a very few storyboards to nail down specific plot points.

Men value things in three ways: as useful, as pleasant or sources of pleasure, and as excellent, or as intrinsically admirable or honorable.

Start with a style and you are in chains, start with an idea and you are free.

I had to let my ego go a long time ago.