Rereading places you at the point where it has to go on, knowing it is as good as you can get it up to there. There is always juice somewhere.

If something is wrong, fix it now. But train yourself not to worry, worry fixes nothing.

Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you quit, try.

The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.

Critics are men who watch a battle from a high place then come down and shoot the survivors.

Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry: Worry never fixes anything.

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.

I drink to make other people more interesting.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.

To some extent, it is almost blasphemous to think that insult, anger and irritation could be a positive force.

There is a sense in which the danger of our lives increases in proportion to the depth of our relationship with Christ.

For a long time, I debated about whether I would make movies or join the circus and work as a clown.

Truth has scarce done so much good in the world as the false appearances of it have done hurt.

if the people are to be our governors, they must arm themselves with knowledge.

The wrath that on conviction subsides into mildness, is the wrath of a generous mind.

If you want something really important to be done you must not merely satisfy the reason, you must move the heart also.

The demand that poetry be immediately understandable to everyone is truly absurd.

I love the beginning of Magnolia, the thing about the dealer. That scene is genius. Brilliantly acted.

I'd love to be a rockstar.