There are two things: 1) what things one does in the world, and 2) what family one has. There's the two really tangible things that can stay.

Crewing and being on film sets is kind of like being in the carnival, with carnie folks.

Acting is a bit of a heart and soul exercise with me. It's kind of all I've got.

As an outsider in America, you do see the kind of hypocrisy that's rampant there.

The people I've encountered who are really dangerous in my life don't go around with their fangs drawn - they are dangerous because of the way they interpret what's going on.

Life is a lot sweeter, I think, than you can be aware of it at times.

People don't know who I am, and that's not a bad thing at all from my end.

If you ride like lightning, you're gonna crash like thunder.

I think that story wins out over acting and that the thing as a whole is more important than the performances therein.

From my point of view, things don't have to change to get better. Things are fantastic.

I'm very interested in the history of Christianity, and what I can say for sure is that the Catholics and the Jesuits and stuff were very big on teaching and on learning.

A heart in love is a thriller book of many stories

i know for sure, to be a leader i have to be a good reader

Urgent optimism is the desire to act immediately to tackle an obstacle, combined with the belief that we have a reasonable hope of success.

There was a time when everyone thought that Earth was flat. Did this unanimous consensus make any difference to the shape of Earth?

Most leaders are indispensable, but to produce a major social change, many ordinary people must also be involved.

Laws without morals are in vain.

How can we remember our ignorance, which our growth requires, when we are using our knowledge all the time?

But it is not reason that governs love.

A photographer cannot be inexperienced, or too mature. A photographer ought to be half-ripe.

Detachment is not about refusing to feel or not caring or turning away from those you love. Detachment is profoundly honest, grounded firmly in the truth of what is.