I’m pretty masochistic. I kill myself for my craft – Literally

You have to do the work. You have to make the opportunity. It doesn’t find you, you find it.

Dreams are the result of a million choices, a billion failures, and a few successes.

I only did karaoke once in my life. It was with Courtney Love and it was a total disaster. She pulled me on stage in front of 500 people at a wedding. I'd never done karaoke before.

Be brave, fight for what you believe in and make your dreams your reality

Love isn't who you can see yourself with. It's who you can't see yourself without.

To find yourself, you must first lose yourself

Put one foot in front of the other. Keep marching forward, even when doubt, fear, and failure all come knocking at your door.

Never think about something wrong you did in the past, always look forward with your head up high; have no regrets.

I like to employ the power of no. We all want to say yes, because with yes comes so much opportunity, but with the power of no comes focus and engagement.

PLEASE REMEMBER WHEN YOU ARE FULL OF DOUBT AND IT ALL SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE THAT THERE IS STILL SOME WHO BELIEVES IN YOU, ME. XO

Eons of suffering, brutality and struggle have paved the way through the corridors of time to create this moment, where you exist as an exalted expression of life.

You don't manage priorities, you have them.

A house without books is a poor house, even if beautiful rugs are covering its floors and precious wallpapers and pictures cover its walls

A lot of people believe in reading reviews. If I get too focused on some detail of what they've said about me, I'm going to end up shooting myself in the foot.

With every true friendship, we build more firmly the foundations on which the peace of the whole world rests.

Is 4 the same 4 for everybody? Are all sevens equal? When the convict ponders the light is it the same light that shines on you?

Even on a $100 million film, people will complain that they haven't got enough money and enough time, so that's always going to be an element in filmmaking.

The most difficult book I have ever read was a manual on the use of iron bangles by A.J. Thompson.

God likes to listen favorably to the prayers of His faithful, particularly when they look at Christ's body

The demon is a liar. He will lie to confuse us; but he will also mix lies with the truth to attack us. His attack is psychological, Damien. And powerful.