Memories are just stories we tell ourselves about our past; and that's often why they don't match when we've shared the same experiences with someone.

The rule of surfing is never tell anyone where you go.

I was a horrible limo driver: I ran out of gas with passengers in the back and I used to get lost on a regular basis.

My mom used to wear the fragrance Poison when I was younger, and I remember that scent and the purple bottle. That was my first [perfume] memory.

You have to fight for what you need to fight for.

I think the moments that are difficult for anybody are when you see what your life could be, if only you had the courage to take the steps needed.

I've never directed anything before 'Mad Men,' so I don't feel I have any advice for the other directors.

My wife tells me I need to learn to be more patient with my son.

The good thing about directing yourself is that you get over yourself.

I'm a little kid at heart, so my eyes light up when everything is lit.

I'm proud of myself that I had the courage to experiment with crazy hairstyles and some fashion things.

Sometimes nature is even crueller than politics.

You know, you can't make someone love you again. No matter how much you might want it. Sometimes, unfortunately, the timing is simply... off.

Once someone gave me a picture and I wrote 'Do good in school.' I looked up and the guy was 78 years old

The Iraquis can see it. The Kurds can feel it. The jihadists are counting on it.

There's always a chance. Somebody has got to want me, and if they don't want me, then what? I want to play. I want to do what I want to do.

To learn a new language is, therefore, always a sort of spiritual adventure; it is like a journey of discovery in which we find a new world.

Entrepreneurs constantly confuse what they do with who they are.

A picture ought to be looked at the same way you look at a radiator.

I was keen on sports-that's how my nose got this way. It's not actually broken; the nose was just pushed up a little bit and moved over. It's an aquiline nose, quite Irish.

Writing screenplays makes me a better musician because it clears my head. After writing a movie, I go running back to music as fast as I can.