I have found in work that you only get back what you put into it, but it does come back gift-wrapped.

The best proof of love is trust.

Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.

Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately and gives you a lift... The hangover comes the day after.

Being taken for granted can be a compliment. It means that you've become a comfortable, trusted element in another person's life.

There's a very positive relationship between people's ability to accomplish any task and the time they're willing to spend on it.

Trust your hunches... Hunches are usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.

I watched the Trade Center buildings go down from my balcony, and it was a terrifying moment. I couldn't get my mind around it at all.

When you look at your life the greatest happinesses are family happinesses.

Love comes when manipulation stops; when you think more about the other person than about his or her reactions to you. When you dare to reveal yourself fully. When you dare to be vulnerable.

Marriage is not just spiritual communion, it is also remembering to take out the trash.

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.

Religion is induced insanity.

I have a kind of boring personal life, to the paparazzi anyway, and I don't hang with the cool crowd.

The thought of money and fame and all that is nice to have. But it's not what's really important.

In general, I'm always interested in characters who have kind of extreme aspects to them, who are in some ways larger than typical people.

Terrorists are not 100 feet tall. Nor do they deserve the abject fear they seek to instill.

I'd feel bad if I had you come into a theater and you leave feeling ripped off.

The power of God tenderizes and changes us, not spiritual disciplines. Spiritual disciplines only position us to receive.

When you're improvising, you're relying on this connection to creativity.

Titles are but nicknames, and every nickname is a title.