It is not the size of a seed, but the size of what rises from it.

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.

I'm a playwright who gets involved in movies when I'm not writing a play.

Part of the work is determining through what instrument you are playing. Actors are physical, olympian storytellers and we should be able to create entire landscapes with nothing.

Learn how to smile in the cannibal pot and life will be so much easier.

You have to make a decision, what you want to do in life, ... Your deal can be, you can leave tomorrow. Soon as you leave, you will be forgotten.

It starts with vision, and the clarity of vision

The first actor I ever saw was The Lone Ranger. I thought: "That's what I want to do."

Only artists without talent try to shock people.

It was such an amazing time for music in the Sixties. When popular music hit me, it was like magic was in the air.

I think all writers are different. I've been with a few writers; they're all different.

In many walks of life, a conscience is a more expensive encumbrance than a wife or a carriage.