I used and abused drugs and alcohol. When I stopped doing that it became a lot clearer that life goes from inside to giving as opposed to taking and destroying.

Never say no to an idea - you never know how that idea will ignite another idea.

However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes.

The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good.

I do not always know what I want, but I do know what I don't want.

You're an idealist, and I pity you as I would the village idiot.

A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later.

Be suspicious of people who have, or crave, power. Never, ever go near power. Don't become friends with anyone who has real power. It's dangerous.

The very meaninglessness of life forces man to create his own meaning.

If you're with someone, but you're constantly worried about what they think of you, you're with the wrong person.

In New York City, the meek don't inherit the earth. The big mouth does.

Hard times don't create heroes. It is during the hard times when the "hero" within us is revealed.

When you rest on your laurels is right when you have the risk. It exists for every company, no matter how big.

I think one of the reasons I'm standing here instead of other people is that, frankly, I talked about it, we have to have a strong military.

The student has his Rome, his Florence, his whole glowing Italy, within the four walls of his library. He has in his books the ruins of an antique world and the glories of a modern one.

I would caution all of us or I would remind all of us that any candidate that we support, they are going to be flawed.

It's better to become who God created you to be than to try to promote yourself to become something you're not.

I'd never been a prison guard before or anything.

I think outdoors has been my second home. My parents wouldn't be like, "Go and do a puzzle," they'd be like, "Hey, there's a forest across the street. You need to go play in it."