Ten years before Matrix, ten years before Crouching Tiger - I wanted to do a Hong Kong action movie.

Don’t read Variety. Don’t listen to gossip. Don’t live in L.A., and write.

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.

To lose weight, spend time at the gym. To appear like you’ve lost weight, spend time with people who are bigger than you.

Such decisions will be far reaching and difficult. But you never lacked courage in the past. Your courage is now needed for the future.

You have to fight harder, dig deeper, and prove all the doubters wrongs.

I had the idea of a boy who was a wizard and didn't yet know what he was. I never sat down and wondered, "What shall I write about next?". It just came, fully formed.

I would hope my legacy would be bringing smiles to faces. Happiness with my music.

How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh and crabb

Intellect is resented as a form of power or privilege.

Live in a perpetual great astonishment.

I always want to go back and do stand-up; I like the freedom.