I remain the optimist: you just do your best and hope for the best. But it's an evolving state of mind.

If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand... prejudice, fear and ignorance walk hand-in-hand.

...The important thing is: if you fail once, or if your luck is bad this time, the dream is still there. A dream is only over if you give it up-or if it comes true.

From the point of ignition. To the final drive. The point of the journey is not to arrive.

I think everything I do has Howard Roark [hero of The Fountainhead] in it, you know, as much as anything. The person I write for is Howard Roark.

You can surrender without a prayer, but never really pray without surrender. You can fight without ever winning, but never ever win without a fight.

If you've got a problem, take it out on a drum.

A spirit with a vision is a dream with a mission.

Playing a three-hour Rush show is like running a marathon while solving equations.

How can anybody be enlightened? Truth is after all so poorly lit

You're only young once. That is all society can stand.

Every man carries his own past with him, " Hayt said.

If you didn't understand the need for friendship or love, could you be lonely?

The foundation of lasting self-confidence and self esteem is excellence, mastery of your work.

There is an all powerful force or energy that creates all and draws all back into it. This is God. It is beyond intelligence, beyond analysis.

In a world where we are so pragmatic and materialistic, fear is the only emotion that allows even a sophisticated person to believe in something beyond.

If you can’t take responsibility for your own well-being, you will never take control over it.

The best number for a dinner party is two; myself and a damn good head waiter.

Lord of the Rings was just so much enjoyment. It was over about the space of a year that I was filming. It's one of the most enjoyable things I've ever done, so emotional.

All the privileged can travel, see different worlds, not everyone can. I think it is important for people to have an interesting locale nearby.