Time goes a lot quicker when the work is a lot more enjoyable.

My life is pretty hectic, but I'm really into it.

I'm not immune to the charms of the female form. And when I was 17 and I spent every spare minute surfing, most of the girls we hung out with would be topless.

I didn't grow up with money, but I grew up with a lot of space. All I did was surf. I was committed to the ocean. That's one thing about Australians; we have the capacity to embrace life.

I am very straight-forward and direct. If I disagree with something, I say something about it.

I think my kids are pretty well-rounded citizens of the world.

Sometimes the intensity and the grind of doing television can wear you down, but at the same time there's something about the repetition, the sheer mass of work that you do that's also liberating.

I don't like fancy fiddly girlie stuff.

I try to be straightforward and honest with my kids, and I believe nothing beats good old hard work.

If you can't be proud of what you do, go and sell shoes. Do something else.

In network TV, you have to present the box before you can step outside it.

The true source of our sufferings has been our timidity.

We still go out and elect people who we think are going to govern and better our interests. So we may not have the same confidence in the people we elect, but we still go out and elect them.

Our body is simply a social structure made of many souls.

Had it not been for the Atlantic Ocean and the virgin wilderness, the United States would never have been the Land of Promise.

An investment in your personal development is the best investment you can make.

She wondered if this was true of every parent: if, prior to having children, they all used to be someone else.

Baseball didn't really get into my blood until I knocked off that hitting streak. Getting a daily hit became more important to me than eating, drinking or sleeping.

I am actually nondenominational.

I'm in trouble because I'm normal and slightly arrogant. A lot of people don't like themselves and I happen to be totally in love with myself.

I pin my hopes to quiet processes and small circles in which vital and transforming events take place.