Mirabelle is not affected by a man’s failures to approach her, as her own self-depreciating attitude never allows the idea that he would in the first place.

A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.

Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you do criticize him, you'll be a mile away and have his shoes.

Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.

I believe the United States should allow all foreigners in this country, provided they can speak our native language... Apache.

Be so good they can't ignore you.

I think I did pretty well, considering I started out with nothing but a bunch of blank paper.

I thought yesterday was the first day of the rest of my life but it turns out today is.

Relationships end, but they don't end your life. But people do often spending more time finding out about failed relationships than finding successful ones.

Relationships end, but they don't end your life.

Some people have a way with words, and other people...oh, uh, not have way.

Making a martial arts film in English to me is the same as John Wayne speaking Chinese in a western.

Ye cannot know eternal reality by a definition. Time itself, and all the acts and events that fill time are the definition, and it must be lived.

I find that you learn from others. It's very much about watching TV and watching movies for me and grasping that way and watching other people act.

I was in Hollis' band for eight years, playing drums. At one time we had Barry Beckett, Jimmy Johnson, David Hood - everybody but Roger Hawkins. We had a hell of a band.

Writing is very castrating in the moment. Fiction in general, it has no function, nobody asks for it.

We are blessed and sustained by what is not said

I guess I would say, it's okay to put things off until the very last minute as long as you know you've got them under control.

Hate no one, for hate is a starving beast who has just found its prey.

So stop sulking. You're not old enough for the cool, tortured look.

Be successful not just in what you do, but in who you are.