Most of the news about the state of the environment is pretty ugly. This is frightening for me personally, but actually motivational for me artistically.

An untrampled scorpion troubles no one.

Laws are a fine thing on paper, but painful when no bribery can ease their bind.

The problem with surviving was that you ended up with the ghosts of everyone you’d ever left behind riding on your shoulders.

Suicide is not something I owe you or yours.

Knowledge is simply a terrible ocean we must cross, and hope that wisdom lies on the other side.

Killing isn't free. It takes something out of you every time you do it. You get their life; they get a piece of your soul. It's always a trade.

I'm a chess piece. A pawn,' she said. 'I can be sacrificed, but I cannot be captured. To be captured would be the end of the game.

The surfeit of bad trends pushes me to set my stories in worlds which are often diminished versions of our own present.

The future looks a bit bleak to me.

But then, that was the problem with pretty toy stitches. When real life got hold of them, they always tore out.

Most people will be a great success if they focus on doing what is important and not what is urgent or pleasant.

Focus on what matters.Honour your valuesand make decisionsthat are aligned with them.

Never wish the death of anyone or you will lose your goodness inside you!

Don't look too far ahead or you'll get overwhelmed. Just do the next apparent thing. Keep putting one foot in front of the other. You'll get through this. And when you do, you'll feel great!

If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.

God knows, there's enough to worry about without worrying about worrying about things.

Love the player for who they are, not for what they can do for you. Kids see through the coach whose only concern is for himself.

Burt Lancaster was largely responsible for me becoming a director.

He knows that as long as a man keeps his faith in God and in himself nothing can permanently defeat him.

The drawings that interest me most are made with closed eyes. With eyes closed, I feel my hand slide down on the paper. I have an image in mind, but the results always surprise me.