Perfect knowledge comes only when you see the world in yourself, just as he who awakes from the dream then knows he saw his dream-world with its suns and stars in himself.

The work of art is the exaggeration of an idea.

You get involved with a character after spending a long time waiting, and this demands a lot of energy and concentration.

If you look at China - and frankly, Vietnam now is doing a big number, and you look at Japan and India and Mexico - Mexico's killing us at the border and they're killing us with trade.

Gratitude is what starts the receiving process.

I've always been this strong-willed person and I've always been in love with acting.

You can't believe one thing and do another. What you believe and what you do are the same thing.

Ideally, peace means the absence of violence. It is an ethical value.

I find so many songwriters today are missing an element ... either the production is amazing but the songs aren't, or it's the other way around.

To envision what will be, you must remove yourself from the constant concern for what already is.

Three problems we have: lack of boundaries, insufficient language, incompletions.