Today is yours to shape. Create a masterpiece!

The road to success is always under construction.

I want to be in a relationship where you telling me you love me is just a ceremonious validation of what you already show me.

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive—to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love—then make that day count!

If you're not comfortable enough with yourself or with your own truth when entering a relationship, then you're not ready for that relationship.

It is only with true love and compassion that we can begin to mend what is broken in the world. It is these two blessed things that can begin to heal all broken hearts.

When you say "I" and "my" too much, you lose the capacity to understand the "we" and "our".

Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over instead of craving control over what you don't.

At the end of the day, let there be no excuses, no explanations, no regrets.

You must learn to let go. Release the stress. You were never in control anyway.

It is important that we forgive ourselves for making mistakes. We need to learn from our errors and move on.

I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed equally well.

The moments when I first made something, like when I first wrote a song please me so intensely. Everything else after that is just the act of communication.

You have no right to criticise Russia over Chechnya.

I sort of plunged into filmmaking. I decided I'd jump off the deep end, so I started thinking about what kind of a movie I should try to make.

Experience is easy to provide and quickly put to good use by people with all the other qualities.

It is intensely frustrating. The longer you live, the more interesting life gets, and yet many of the parts involve carrying trays and putting lamb chops down in front of the leading man.

The more a person seeks security, the more that person gives up control over his life.

I also have a big love of classical music played on piano because this is the environment I grew up in my brother being one of the great masters in this world.

How I have walked... day after day, and all alone, to see if there was not something among the old things which was new!