If love was a crime, God would encourage us all to go to prison.

A genuine smile is one of the world’s rarest treasures.

A fish that is afraid of drowning in a river is ignorant of its gifts.

A diamond earns its sparkle from the pressure it endures.

It is in the storm, not the calm, that a rainbow is born.

A determined seed cannot be hidden from the world, not even by dirt.

Calm skies don't make skillful eagles.

If you cry in the rain, only the sky will see your tears.

Birds keep singing beautiful songs, even if they have no audience.

Today's storms help you appreciate tomorrow’s sunshine.

Train the ears to hear more, the eyes to see more, the hands to do more, the feet to accomplish more, the mind to think more, the heart to feel more, and the soul to love more.

It is impossible to manufacture or imitate love.

The world would probably be better if people were put in carriers and cats roamed free.

With me, writing is 60% imagination, 30% people you know and 10% you don't know where it comes from.

I learnt another valuable lesson that night: listen to the quiet voice inside. Intuition is the noise of the mind.

If you do not know what you feel, then it is difficult to choose love; it is better to fall. Then you do not have to be responsible for your actions.

We cannot walk through life on mountain peaks.

Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone.

One of the things I love about cinema is the range.

Life without the courage to die is slavery.

Over-length is one of the things that most often results in the destruction of the movie in the cutting room.