Many dotcoms recruited people from existing companies who were quite experienced in finance, marketing, distribution and other disciplines but not necessarily experienced in the Web culture.

Whatever you do in terms of telling a story, the most important thing that you can define is who you are.

Theatre is the safe place to do the unsafe things that need to be done.

There are people who...tell you that the light in your heart is a weakness. Don't believe it! It's an old tactic of cruel people to kill kindness in the name of virtue.

Everything is painful, so why not be honest about the pain?

I'd like to thank everybody who ever punched or kissed me in my life and everybody who I ever punched or kissed.

Where the terror is, you must go.

I think that certainty is a closed door, It's the end of the conversation. Doubt is an open door.

When I write a screenplay - and I think this is true for a lot of people - you direct the movie. Thats what writing a screenplay is.

[To Aquinas] the senses are what we have in common with dumb animals. ... Our better part [is] the mind ... and [its] intellectual contemplation.

In life, we choose whether or not we want to be a winner or a loser.

Sometimes, the most healing thing we can do for another human being, is to listen to them, just ... LISTEN.

All my dreams will be fulfilled at the proper time.

Your experiences are the foundation for your story

When the State withers, humanity flowers.

The first thing we noticed was how flamboyant [Dalton] Trumbo was in real life.

I really did not think much about the size of the transfer fee when I left Barcelona because it was all down to market forces, not me.

The tempest unleashes an alphabetletters fall through the apertures of crazy anglesto spell out the futureuprooting the course of inventionand enslaving the masters

If you don't respect your time, no one will respect your time.

Esteem has more engaging charms than friendship, or even love. It captivates hearts better, and never makes ings.

You can't TV surf without coming across an Andy of Mayberry episode where you've just got to watch Don as Barney. And that's why I put Don in several of my movies.