I think Tolstoy had an unbelievably complicated relationship with women.

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.

I have not wanted to intimidate audiences. I have not wanted my dancing to be an elitist form. That doesn't mean I haven't wanted it to be excellent.

Ultimately there is no such thing as failure. There are lessons learned in different ways.

Our ability to grow is directly proportional to an ability to entertain the uncomfortable.

No one is born with skill. It is developed through exercise, through repetition, through a blend of learning and reflection that's both painstaking and rewarding. And it takes time.

If you only do what you know and do it very, very well, chances are that you won't fail. You'll just stagnate, and your work will get less and less interesting, and that's failure by erosion

You don't get into the mood to create – it's discipline.

Life is about moving, it’s about change. And when things stop doing that they’re dead.

More often than not I've found, a rut is a consequence of sticking to tried and tested methods that don't take into account how you or the world has changed.

If art is the bridge between what you see in your mind and what the world sees, then skill is how you build that bridge.

You are one belief away from breakthrough. It’s a choice, so choose the next right thing, you can do it!

I grant you that the artist does not see Nature as she appears to the vulgar, because his emotion reveals to him the hidden truths beneath appearances.

There is a time to make money and a time to not lose money.

As you know, Bergson pointed out that there is no such thing as disorder but rather two sorts of order, geometric and living.

Ironically, Latin American countries, in their instability, give writers and intellectuals the hope that they are needed.

I play a guy who is 40. And I am a very good actor, because I'm 41.

If you are willing to dream and then work hard and execute well, you can achieve more than you ever imagined.

I await joyous surprises while working, an awakening of the materials that I work with and that my spirit develops.

Every first time founder waits too long, everyone hopes that an employee will turn around. But the right answer is to fire fast.

Say I Want to Feel Good when youre Tempted to Indulge in Low-Energy Thoughts