It's better to be the hero of your own story than to become the villain of someone else's.

People are not born heroes or villains; they’re created by the people around them.

A villain is just a victim whose story hasn’t been told.

When people hurt you over and over, think of them like sand paper. They may scratch and hurt you a bit, but in the end, you end up polished and they end up useless.

If you truly own who you are, no one can use you against you.

I couldn't do country, with all due respect to all country music artists. My parents dressed me up with a cowboy hat and we'd go to the rodeo when I was younger and it traumatized me for life.

You can't shy away from your greatness just because you're afraid you're not great enough

Even in the worst of situations-even when it seems no one in the world appreciates you-as long as you have hope, everthing can get better

Courage is one thing that no one can ever take away from you.

To Grandma: Once upon a time, there was a boy who flew.

You don’t get to pick where you’re from, but you always have control of where you’re going.

For writing a first draft requires from the writer a peculiar internal state which ordinary life does not induce. ... how to set yourself spinning?

If you look at a shape like a straight line, what's remarkable is that if you look at a straight line from close by, from far away, it is the same; it is a straight line.

I'd say I'm definitely an actor first and foremost, but I love filmmaking.

I swear, if you existed I'd divorce you.

I've been working with the land for most of my life; walking it and photographing it. And I love it to bits.

Big game photography in Africa is mainly done from a vehicle, so then I feel I might as well take the lot.

I love criticism just so long as it's unqualified praise.

You may see all that is around you But you may feel nothing at all. So try and close your eyes so tight And listen to the night time fall.

My relationships are based on personal reciprocity. Being a Dodger was a matter of heart, but in the end I felt they didn't want me.

In the end, the writer is not even allowed to live in his writing.