The more I know, the less I sleep.

Bad guys do what good guys dream.

It's not enough to do good. You have to be seen doing good.

Beauty, brains, and a complete psycho. My dream girl.

I write about power, that's my real subject - how you get it, what you do with it, how you abuse it. I'm equally wary of liberals and conservatives.

Torture injures everyone who comes into contact with it and corrodes the country that abides it.

Justice is a jagged road.

Nobody's reasonable when they're in love. That's the whole point of it.

In L.A., the only thing within walking distance is your car.

I'm sympathetic to the decent and hapless footsoldier into whose lap falls the unenviable duty of carrying out fubar policies.

If you're going to play stickball in Canarsie you better learn Brooklyn rules.

Touch your goals everyday which entails carrying out a part of the plan to reach your goals within the time limit you have set

Letting go is actually a healthy foundation upon which we can open up to real love—to giving, receiving, and experiencing it authentically and organically.

...don't settle for pap - our thoughts wander through eternity - experience the wonder of being alive...

Id never really considered film. If Id thought about film more growing up, I probably would have changed my name. I had no concept of my name in lights.

And people say it all the time: 'You're a celebrity.' No, I'm an actor. I'm a producer. I'm a director. I'm a toad. I'm roadkill. I'm anything but a celebrity.

A hundred thousand men, coming one after another, cannot move a Ton weight; but the united strength of 50 would transport it with ease.

I always make music that's reflective of the mindset I'm in at the time, and how I'm feeling.

Lord, grant that anger or other bitterness does not reign over us, but that your grace, genuine kindness, loyalty, and every kind of friendliness, generosity, and gentleness may reign in us. Amen

I don't believe that hard work equals success. It can, and maybe it should, but I know that it doesn't. There's a very slight relationship between the two.