Just because you're in the driver's seat, doesn't mean you have to run people over.

The key question to keep asking is, Are you spending your time on the right things? Because time is all you have.

When there’s an elephant in the room introduce him.

It's not about how to achieve your dreams, it's about how to lead your life, ... If you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself, the dreams will come to you.

We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.

One thing that makes it possible to be an optimist is if you have a contingency plan for when all hell breaks loose.

Don’t complain; just work harder.

Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other.

Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls aren't there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show us how badly we want things.

The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They are there to stop the other people!

If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, 'Tell the truth.' If I got three more words, I'd add: 'All the time.'

Expansion. That is the idea the novelist must cling to. Not completion. Not rounding off, but opening out.

Kind of just existed from day to day, on weird plateau of feeling nothingness.

There is not a single Muslim leader today who has the courage and commitment to defend Islam and Muslims, they are all in awe of the United States and other Western powers, and are indebted to them.

When you're directing something, you absolutely have to be involved in all layers of the process.

Virtue is more to man than either water or fire. I have seen men die from treading on water and fire, but I have never seen a man die from treading the course of virtue.

Life keeps being a beautiful and frustrating experience.

Ive been on the tour for 12 years, and the big dream has always been to get a world title.

Change the way we fund campaigns. Until we do, Wall Street will always be able to blackmail the Dems and GOP to giving them what Wall Street wants.

You have to love that government, but hate the government that might work in your interest and that you could control. That's an interesting propaganda task, but it's been carried out very well.

As a first-time director in America, I feel I've been very fortunate.