Stop trying to squeeze professional results out of recreational hours.

Words without action are like wheels without traction. It is how you live that counts.

The person that angers you most, teaches you best

I wrote my first book in a toilet in a factory where I was a floor sweeper.

Remember, if you don't have a goal you're not playing football, you're just kicking a ball around the park.

I train for the first shot – it’s all I need.

Reality is based on perception

Blocking and countering like they do in the films doesn't work, so don't bother trying.

Whatever inspires you fires you.

The best way to keep something bad from happening is to see it ahead of time... and you can't see it if you refuse to face the possibility.

Sometimes I think I'm an alien that accidentally fell off the mother ship, destined to wander among clueless earthling parents for all eternity.

One becomes wise only in measures, as he goes through his own insanity.

All people are the same; only their habits differ.

So you're quite right that when... as the Cold War grew and expanded out of Europe, we ourselves had to take refuge behind the shield of the Monroe Doctrine.

I think beauty comes from actually knowing who you are. That's real beauty to me.

One of my biggest Achilles’ heels has been my ego. And if I, Kanye West, the very person, can remove my ego, I think there’s hope for everyone.

Respect is important, if someone has a very clear vision of what they want, as long as they find a way to communicate it, a respectful way…

It's hard to keep the energy and the emotion of the scene when they're installing a massive green screen behind you.

I don't read novels that are looking to convince me of anything. I believe that literature needs to be a machine of illusions.