I know you hear horror stories about child actors, but I think in my family when I did start acting it was never a big deal.

I'm one of those people who really likes to do my research.

I've been very fortunate in my career.

If you want to be a leader, don't stand on the toes of dwarfs. Mount the shoulders of giants and you will see further.

Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay.

You know, I can imagine not writing a novel and writing poetry only.

Your voices break and falter in the darkness, Break, falter, and are still.

I mean, I do consider that my music is pop because Ive been influenced by pop music my whole life; I grew up in the States and 80s pop music was my biggest influence.

Peace is the harvest of love as war is the fruit of hate.

Actors, politicians, and writers-all of us are but creatures of the hour. Long-lasting fame comes to but few.

The Saylor Foundation is meant to be a gadfly to encourage Google, Apple, MIT, Harvard, the United States government, and the Chinese government to aggressively pursue digital education.

The great high-road of human welfare lies along the old highway of steadfast welldoing; and they who are the most persistent, and work in the truest spirit, will invariably be the most successful.

I'm never gonna play again, and I know I'm really, really going to miss it.