Imagining something is better than remembering something.

Goodnight you princes of Maine, you kings of New England.

If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

Never confuse faith, or belief — of any kind — with something even remotely intellectual.

Keep passing the open windows.

Half my life is an act of revision.

You only grow by coming to the end of something and by beginning something else.

I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin.

It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.

If you don't feel that you are possibly on the edge of humiliating yourself, of losing control of the whole thing, then probably what you are doing isn't very vital.

. . .There are moments when time does stop. We must be alert enough to notice such moments . . .

We lose everything because everything remains except us. And therefore any form of posterity may be an affront, and perhaps any memory, as well.

Existence of existence depends on what exists on your existence!!

If you want to control others you will not be able to meditate. About that one point, be absolutely certain.

Take a daily action towards the achievement of your desired goals.

To be alone is the fate of all great minds—a fate deplored at times, but still always chosen as the less grievous of two evils.

In the future, everybody is going to be a director. Somebody's got to live a real life so we have something to make a movie about.

One of the advantages of not having a record contract is that you can make your own mistakes, you don't need somebody else to organize them for you.

I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country.

I think I'm dull. I would rather watch other people.

When I sing, it's the most solitary state: just me, and the microphone, and the holy spirit. It's not about notes or scales, it's all about emotion.