I'm not a psychiatrist. I'm not treating patients.

Failure's a natural part of life.

I've permitted myself to learn and to fail with some regularity. And that is probably the one thing I was given, and that I'm still grateful for.

And may the best of you - for it will only be the best of you, and even then only in the rarest and briefest moments - succeed in framing that most basic of questions, 'how do we live?'

Nothing you do particularly matters. But I'm not sure that's a great excuse for doing it poorly.

I don't have a saviour or a royal family.

Art is not disposable. If you want it, you have to hold it and smell it and touch it and read the credits and enjoy it and put it on your wall.

Imagine how asleep or utterly unperceptive and clueless you would have to be not to see yourself as absurd for the most part.

I'd hate to see any film I'm involved in fail, especially artistically but also business-wise.

I think 1973 was the nadir of fashion. When you watch the coverage from that era, you're struck by the astonishing ugliness of the clothes.

It's not a gift of mine, but one given to me, to be able to criticise myself and not be crushed, by myself or by others.

This whole kissing process was turning out to be far more complicated and stressful than I'd thought it would be.

Create your own miracles, don't just wait for miracles to happen. Infinite possibilities exist by keeping focus on what you really want.

When each thing is unique in itself, there can be no comparison made.... There is only this strange recognition of present otherness.

I was a naturally aggressive left-back, a cut-throat tackler.

Hail, hail Freedonia, land of the free!

The Christian life, then, is a battle, so sharp and full of danger that effort can nowhere be relaxed without loss.

It's people who are repressed and cannot express their fears that are dangerous.

The imagination is a palette of bright colors. You can use it to touch up memories — or you can use it to paint dreams.

Growing up, I was a nerd. With actual taped eyeglasses.

Tonight, I am pleased to announce that I have secured $1 million from the Convention Host Committee to fund the beautification of Boston's neighborhoods.