I'm never sick. Why get sick? It's a waste of time.

Without an open-minded mind, you can never be a great success.

Seek out people to work with who are brimming with talent, energy, integrity, optimism, and generosity.

Life is too complicated not to be orderly.

There is no single recipe for success. But there is one essential ingredient: Passion

Never make a big decision without sleeping on it.

I have a microphone on one ankle and an ankle bracelet on the other, so I'm well balanced today.

If you learn something new every day, you can teach something new every day

You should never accept what can be offered to you if you feel it can be improved.

I try to seek out and surround myself with people who just percolate fresh, original, and creative ideas.

So the pie isn't perfect? Cut it into wedges. Stay in control, and never panic.

Literature matters because it is how humanity, with all its losses and joys, can become a work of art.

Positive thinking and negative thinking cannot operate at the same level in your mind, one needs to be the master and the one you feed it more will rule over the other.

Someday someone will follow in my footsteps and preside over the White House as the President's spouse. And I wish him well.

Time lessens all extremes and reduces 'em to mediums and unconcern.

But the act, called the sexual act, is not for the depositing of seed. It is for leaping off into the unknown, as from a cliff's edge, like Sappho into the sea.

I argue that legal equality has failed resistance movements aimed at transforming material conditions of violence, and that trans activists should take a decidedly different approach.

What is the spiritual purpose of the arts? It is to learn structure. Once an artist creates a true structure, then divine love can pour into it and make it a living thing of beauty.

When I'm shooting things, I'm training.

I have been attacked by media critics and just critics of my own for years. And that, unfortunately, is part of the job in 2016 America. I was used to that. And I've developed a thick skin.

Wing Chun teaches you what to concentrate on, whether you're here or out in the world dealing with problems. It's second nature for me now. I don't even get to the point where there's a problem.