I'm an intellectual, but I've always had jobs that required physical labor above all else.

I'm a little bit of a gypsy myself. I've always had jobs where I'm moving around and I'm not sure what's going to happen tomorrow or the next day.

I started off as a director, so when I see other actors directing, it gives me hope that maybe they'll put me into that position at some point, too.

I'm not of a science background, I was never a comic book geek, and I was never a gamer.

Every day that you don't practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness

Annual giving is the custom of making a gift-a-year to an institution in which one has faith.

When your results are good, you are obviously going to have a lot of press. And when you start to falter a little bit, you are going to have some criticism, and there is nothing abnormal in that.

I'm fine with the life I have.

When all is lost, ask the I.R.S. - they'll find something.

I know nothing more noble than the contemplation of the world.

letting be is as important as mastering. Our tradition has encouraged us to be effective, to make or fabricate but not to let be born or let be.

In Vegas, I got into a long argument with the man at the roulette wheel over what I considered to be an odd number.

What pretty bright trout there are in this bold rock creek! It would full be called a river in England, and so it is!

It is from our enemies that we often gain excellent maxims, and are frequently surprised into reason by their mistakes.