Not everything is going to be successful. To strive for that is really naive. You just do the best you can do.

Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once and it's too much. My heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst.

I felt pride, wonderful pride, when I was captain. It was an honour to take over from Labby. Anybody who has ever captained a big club, which Everton are, will tell you it's a great honour.

Directing is physically exciting because there's a ticking clock, you're working with people, it's very social, it's very enjoyable.

Once Everton has touched you, nothing will be the same.

We live in a time where there's an alienation factor. There's a certain disconnection. We don't have any real sense of community anymore.

It's a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself. Makes you wonder what else you can do that you've forgotten about.

I would say try to tell stories that you care about as opposed to stories that you think will sell.

I believe forgiveness is possible for everybody, for everything, but I'm a Buddhist.

I'm from the South, so while I personally find it impossible to live there, I still have a fondness for it as a geographical region.

I'm a Buddhist, so one of my biggest beliefs is, 'Everything changes, don't take it personally.'

Justice to others and to ourselves is the same; that we cannot define our duties by mathematical lines ruled by the square, but must fill with them the great circle traced by the compasses

I'm in a state of learning, and I don't have any set-in-stone ideas about what shows or even what eras I want to pursue.

I know I'm only one human being and I'm only making one tiny contribution and it's nothing more than that.

The pleasures of the intellect are permanent, the pleasures of the heart are transitory.

You treat God like you treat any dangerous looney — keep him calm and stay on his good side.

Difference is of the essence of humanity.

If Abu Bakr is dead and Umar is Caliph, then we hear and obey.

The judgment of God against this nation will not be turned by a more conservative President, but by the repentance of its people.

Doing the right thing is fun. If nothing else, it surprises people.

When kids can't come to my show, I feel bad, because grown-up 21 and up people really probably don't need my help as much as an 11-year-old child.