There's nothing like a little bit of unemployment to kick the stuffing out of you when things are going well.

It doesn't bother me one iota that most of my career has been playing people who are not that - well, let's say that people wouldn't aspire to be like them.

Imagination is a beast that has to be put in a cage.

I was always insecure about the way I looked.

I'm working class, and want people to know I'm not unintelligent and all the other cliches that come with it.

Life is not all about profundity. Life is about little things that piss you off, little triumphs, little defeats. So, you can't spend all your time being profound.

You can make as many films as you like, but if nobody wants to put them on, whats the point?

I know what I like when I see it, but no way have I ever become interested in learning about it.

You can't live your life in a state of profundity, because you're never going to get anything done, and you're just profound.

There's nothing like the knowledge of being hanged in the morning to concentrate the mind wonderfully.

Never fear being a petty fool it means you ain't dying

You get all these friends when just when you don't need friends anymore.

Grief is like a splinter deep into every fingertip

For all the sirens, game-show buzzers, and drum-rolls of life, it is the nature of men to die quietly.

You must transform your confidence in order to transform your body.

You will find what you look for.

I don't go to New York. I don't go to parties. I just do my business and study nature. My career is 28 years in an obscure art school, with limited staff and no perks. All I am is a teacher.

We want the safety of yesterday even though we know it's not where God would have us.

I never thought I was a libertarian until I picked up Reason magazine and realized I agree with everything they had printed.

Open your eyes, whether you presently believe it or not, your life is already abundant. Before you can accept abundance in your life, you have to notice it.

The New York Times said, "There are two superpowers in the world: the United States and the world peace movement."