That's all religion is -- some principle you believe in . . . man has accomplished far more miracles than the God he invented. What a tragedy it is to invent a God and then suffer to keep him King.

The most important thing is to be whatever you are without shame.

Successful people have control over the time in their life. A shoemaker who owns his own shop gets up one morning and says, "I'm not opening." That's a successful guy.

That's not a villain, that's a man whose a victim of being in love with the wrong one.

The first thing that your should do when you win an Oscar is thank God. The second thing you should do is forget it. The third thing you should do is call your agent and tell him you need a job.

Man is a greater miracle than any god he ever invented.

Respecting differences is very difficult.

Success means controlling your own time. Time is the most important currency, but once you spend it, man, its gone.

I found out was, by the rhythm of my chewing, how I chewed fast, slow or what have you, I could tell the audience what my character was thinking and feeling.

Im not so sure that younger people today really appreciate the enormous bravery that went into the creation and production of that film, or how important a film at the time it really was.

Only after awhile. After it came out and people began to engage in discussions about the social reflections of the film that I realized it had an importance I hadn't thought of.

Most of us make up our minds in the first three minutes of meeting someone whether there's a potential for a relationship.

I eat ranch dressing with my pizza; I dip it in the ranch. It is so good! I know, I am really weird .

I am not simply teaching the reading; I am teaching the reader.

Producing is like pushing jello up a hill on a hot day.

When I am writing novels I don't read a lot of novels so I try to catch up in-between.

There mark what ills the scholar's life assail, toil, envy, want, and patron.

If reality is code, then it can be hacked in some way that we had not suspected before.

Self-denial is indispensable to a strong character, and the highest kind comes from a religious stock.

For love is heaven and heaven is love.

I don't really believe in going with somebody to have tea and chat. I don't do that. It's just a waste of time.