To make mistakes is natural, but to go to one's grave without having understood them is to make life a pointless exercise.

life is not a race, but a shot on target: what counts is not the saving of time, but the ability to find a centre

Happiness always has an object... Depends on external things. Joy... Has no object. It seizes you for no apparent reason, it's like the sun, its burning is fueled by its own heart.

Love doesn't suit the lazy; sometimes it requires strong, precise actions.

Follow your heart, and listen when it speaks to you.

The love withheld is always the love we long for most.

Unshed tears leave a deposit on your heart. Eventually they form a crust around it and paralyze it, the way mineral deposits paralyze a washing machine.

Look for a sweet person. Forget rich.

As I absorbed life here and understood it better, I just completely fell in love with England.

If you don't double-click me, I can't do anything.

I Still Approach A Scene As One Would Approach A Guitar Solo. You Don't Exactly Know How You're Going To Phrase This Or That. Which I Think Is Beautiful. That Idea Of Chance.

I'm not a quitter. I believe in following things through.

The lessons I learned in Vietnam and in the NFL reinforced one another: teamwork, sacrifice, responsibility, accountability, and leadership.

Perspiration is the best form of differentiation, especially in the creative world.

You've got to figure out which end of the needle you're gon' be, the one that's fastened to the thread or the end that pierces the cloth.

Work up imagination to the state of vision.

I think I spent my whole childhood diving out of haylofts with my BB gun and coming out shooting.