The individual who fears the criticism of others is no different from the one who seeks their praise. Both are shadow figures, fading into the landscape, lacking the will to act for themselves.

In due course we arrive, if wit can be said that we ever fully arrive. The truth is there are destinations beyond destinations and do the confirmed sailor goes on tacking forever.

I once met a man who said he had visited every exotic place from the Grand Canyon to the Great Wall, but when I questioned him closely I discovered he hadn't seen the songbirds in his own backyard.

I have a task that is greater than all the labors assigned to Hercules. It demands that I live in the richness of this moment because that is all I have or will ever know.

I can remain on shore, paralyzed with fear, or I can raise my sails and dip and soar in the breeze.

I learned that the interior of life was as rewarding as the exterior of life, and that my richest moments occurred when I was absolutely still.

My characters are always utterly sympathetic to me.

Most of my songs start out as being very aggressive and guitar-driven.

You can't keep things secret in a film anymore. Once you realize the secret's out, you might as well go with it and not pretend that it's not there.

There are always people who are going to be opportunistic when they see situations unfolding the way that they are in New Orleans.

Unto each man comes a day when his favorite sins all forsake him, And he complacently thinks he has forsaken his sins.

Games are good or bad as to their nature; all may be perverted.

An actor has to embody a role.

We're always given the message that our potential is so limited, which is so sad. Actually, our potential is infinite.