I start work at 5 in the morning and I have a wicked insomnia problem.

Smart people sometimes get stupid, but stupid people never get smart.

If you let people believe that you are weak, sooner or later you’re going to have to kill them.

And the most dangerous place on earth - Is where you’re safe.

I never think about a movie when I'm writing a book, because I think only two things could happen and both of them are bad. You write a lousy novel and a lousy film.

I would prefer things to be peaceful and not have conflict.

I don't recognize myself. I don't know who I am anymore." And it's all fun and games until someone loses an I.

Ridley Scott obviously an iconic director, he's made some fantastic films. Obviously a very smart, very tasteful, thoughtful guy. So yeah, I'm in good shape; got Ridley Scott with The Cartel.

I have to remind the people who put down East Coast surfing that Kelly Slater is from Florida.

Alcoholism, tobacco, drunk driving, these things will always be with us. There's always going to be a certain percentage of any population that is addicted to certain substances.

I think you can use fiction to get inside people's minds.

Find your safe space. Approach it with grace. Listen to your body. And give yourself the permission to feel overwhelmed. You've weathered harsher storms. And the blue skies? They're on their way.

Nobody ever washes a rental car.

There is nothing more important in life than love.

You could put on monkeys jumping up and down and get bigger numbers than MSNBC.

It means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience.

I can be a little acerbic.

Most of us would rather risk catastrophe than read the directions.

I was just sort of moving through time.

I was in the beginning when [comic book superheroes] started, but not anymore. Now I expect it. I've gotten very used to it.

With all things being equal, the simplest explanation tends to be the right one.