I understand that in our work - doesn't matter whether it's acting or writing - what's important isn't fame or glamour, none of the things I used to dream about, it's the ability to endure.

You are only plagued with stress in moments of conflict because you are arrogant, and believe others are transgressing by having unfavorable thoughts about you.

The one thing that I know is that you win with good people.

Sometimes a slow gradual approach does more good than a large gesture.

People in every direction No words exchanged No time to exchange And all the little ants are marching Red and black antennas waving They all do it the same We all do it the same way

Bad ballplayers make good managers, not the other way around. All I can do is help them be as good as they are.

Rome is everybody's memory.

When I went to war, I did not go making geopolitical calculations. I went to war with a lust.

Everybody has the right to express what he thinks. That, of course, lets the crackpots in. But if you cannot tell a crackpot when you see one, then you ought to be taken in.

the past only had whatever power you gave it; life was what you made it and if you wanted something different from what you had, it was up to you to make it happen.

Start before you’re ready.