I went and did some things [rehab], and then of course my life didn't change that much [for a while], but I never missed work.

I think it's your duty to overcome what you inherit in life.

My life is a party thrown for me by my own decisions.

Apologizes are pointless, regrets come too late. What matters is you can move, on you can grow.

Prayer is when you talk to God. Meditation is when you're listening. Playing the piano allows you to do both at the same time.

I got fired when I was a dishwasher at Denny's. That set me back a little bit. You don't realize how important dishwashers are until you do the job.

The greatest sin is judgment without knowledge.

I was brought up to never lie. Sure, I have. But in the final mix, the lies I've told are far outweighed by the truths I've lived.

The mark of a man is one who knows he can' control his circumstances - but he can control his responses.

I don't know if I'm addicted to fame; fame is more of an unpleasant circumstance of an addiction to creativity.

What I can control is how I react. I can't control anything else.

Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.

We create the world we live in. If we want to change what we don't like in the world, we must start by changing what we don't like about ourselves.

Nobody prepares you for what happens when you get famous, and I didn't handle it well.

Time is more value than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.

Remember, it is never the knife's fault.

I don't see myself directing things I don't write because, to me, directing was just an extension of the writing process.

True will-power and courage are not on the battlefield, but in everyday conquests over our intertia, laziness, boredom.

I do not think much of the good luck theory of self-made men. It is worth but little attention and has no practical value.

We are in a waking dream... We see worlds where others scheme.

If I stretch my arms and wonder where my fingers are - that is all the space I need as a painter.