My big fear was that my guitar would go out of tune.

Sometimes you just have to bite your upper lip and put sunglasses on.

What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.

If you want to keep your memories, you first have to live them.

All I can do is be me, whoever that is.

People have a hard time accepting anything that overwhelms them.

Your heart is like the ocean, mysterious and dark.

People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.

Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain.

You need something to open up a new door, to show you something you seen before but overlooked a hundred times or more

How many times can a man turn his head, and pretend that he just doesn't see?

Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die.

People don't place their trust in government or company pension plans they have to be self-reliant.

I did not die, and yet I lost life’s breath

I could always flip between emotions and be available to suddenly do something new. I think it's a part of playing, and you hang onto it when you're a kid.

I'm really specific in the way that I shoot. I've always had a very good sense of what I need in the editing room.

His foreparents came to America in immigrant ships. My foreparents came to America in slave ships. But whatever the original ships, we are both in the same boat tonight.

Awareness is bad for the meat business. Conscience is bad for the meat business. Sensitivity to life is bad for the meat business. DENIAL, however, the meat business finds indispensable.

I don't think I'm an unkind person, I don't think my books are unkind, and I don't think my readers are unkind.

I strongly urge students to learn to take risks, to be bold, to let their genius convert that fear into power and brilliance.

Women can't be afraid to look like action heroes. It's not always pretty, but when it's on the screen, it translates well to the audience.